How to play the guitar in GarageBand iOS
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2019
- The virtual touch guitar in GarageBand iPad and GarageBand iPhone is super fun to play, and in this video I take you through all the cool features so you can get the best guitar sounds in your project.
Covered in this video:
Accessing the guitar
Changing guitar type
Playing notes and chords on the chords view
Using autoplay
Changing the autoplay sound
Playing the guitar in notes view
Changing the scale
How to play open notes
How to play sliding notes
How to use strong bends
How to use hammer on and hammer off
How to use guitar pedals
How to use an amp sim with virtual guitar sounds
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I could have pushed every button and setting in GB IOS and never have found that MERGE feature. Great tip. Thanks!
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Spent a whole 3hrs trying to get an authentic muted picking sound for my guitar when ALL I had to do was watch this video . Lessing learned! Thanks so much Pete! All the way from NZ
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Best 12 minutes, 22 seconds I spent all day! 😊
Nice one! Mine was the delicious Vietnamese roll I just had for lunch. 😄
This is a great quick break down of what you can actually do with garage band. I tend to shy away from it even though I make music primarily with a phone. I never found the ease of use to be that great but these tips make me want to go back into garage band.
It’s pretty good and improving all the time. Definitely has some flexibility and helps you capture ideas in a number of ways.
Thank you so much. This is the only video I found that actually goes into a deep explanation about the guitar features! THANQ 🎸🙏
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If you want to extend the range of the virtual guitar, you can go into the edit MIDI function and move the notes up an octave or two.
Good tip! Yes, you can always edit the MIDI and transpose or just move the notes up or down.
How do you do that
@@PeteJohnsMusic If scroll down piano roll for guitar there are chords lines and mute line but i can't draw on mute line
This was INCREDIBLY helpful. Thank you for making this!
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Every video I see from you, Mr. Pete, makes me feel more and more that Garage Band is a powerful daw for noob musicians as me! Thank you! And you are able to squeeze the app like a lemon to its limits.
Haha! Yup that’s the plan. If there’s a way to get something done I’m going to find it.
That Merge Function is so cool. Thanks!
Merge is perhaps the coolest function in all of GarageBand! ua-cam.com/video/imcgX2bW8rk/v-deo.html
Just what I was looking for! Great info.
Nice one! Thanks my friend
Thanks Pete. Super helpful
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Hi Pete, I am following your channel for such a long time, but there is still something to learn for me in your tutorial. This time the „muted guitar sound“ was new to me. What really expanded my opportunities to use guitars in my songs was you telling us about the Klevgrand Stark AUv3-App, which is really, really cool. Thank you for all your efforts. It‘s really great to have you here. I wish you a happy Rocktober 😊
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Your videos are so great, I just learned a ton out of this one!!
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A very good resource, I use it all the time ✌🏽🎶🎶🎶🎸 thank you for sharing Pete ✌🏽😎
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This is AMAZING. Thank you for all the help!!
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Great tip with one, two or three fingers 👍🏻 And the last Merge tip 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Dude you’re SOOO helpful. Thank you!
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Have a nice day, thanks
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Thaannnnkyou so much dor all of these wonderful videos they have been so helpful!
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This is a game changer. Thanks mate.
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Cool and fun way. Thanks.
Cheers Vatche.
Thanks for the tutorials, Pete. You are a life saver!
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@@PeteJohnsMusic No worries. I’m already a subscriber! 👍🏻
Another great video, lots to experiment with, thanks
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Bravo. Super educational.
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How cool is that! YYour demos are GHEAT for music teachers!
Thanks my friend!
Awesome video! Helps a ton!
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Thanks for the great tutorial God bless you.
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This saves me a lot of time, I download my guitar track from another garageband file to put it in because i didn’t know about the merge function lol
Oh cool. Glad to help and save you some time.
Wow! Bends, muting, hammer ons....oh my!
There’s a lot you can do for sure!
Thank you Pete !
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That's awesome! I was trying to figure out how to make the guitars sound different, never knew that about the amps. Thanks
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Definitely a W tool and your tutorial is greater than any other tutorial I have seen on UA-cam
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Very useful, thanks.
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WOW, thanks so much that really helps
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thanks i can play heavy metal now
👍🙏🤘
Hopefully too
Thought I knew all the tricks on the guitar instruments in GB. Nope - not even close. Thanks again Pete for another great set of tips! I'm off to crank out some crunchy tracks!
Haha! Very welcome. Handy to use even just to lay down ideas and play with tones.
So.....me thinks that this could apply to any of the touch instruments?
The sounds you could get are bloody limitless!!!!! 🤤
100%. Anything you can record in GarageBand you can merge and throw at any amp sim, pedal or effect. 👍
thank you dude now i can make my guitar sound even more heavier snd metal with the amp merge trick thanks dude i thought u couldnt use it on the garageband guitar i thought the amp can be only use on the real guitar
Yeah. It’s a cool little hack.
Yo this is wild
Pretty cool isn’t it? Such fun to play with.
Thanks, Sir!👍🏾
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Thanks Pete! You are the best GB theacher I know!!!
Tip: maybe you can show us what kind of notes to play on the bass guitar.
Thanks
Thanks my friend! And yes, I should do a bass guitar video soon, and show more about what to play. 👍
Wow, didn’t know about using more than 1 finger in autoplay mode, it does way nicer chords ) You should rename your channel to ‘Discovery’ ))
Haha! Glad I’m helping you with your discoveries!! 🙏
I know It’s good for me
Wow very good
Thank you my friend. 🙏
thank you!
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Very nice!
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Good sharing. Thank you.
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Good job bro
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I was today years old when i found out u could ADD MORE PEDALS N STUFF
Pretty fun isn’t it!?
How do we strum in Guitar ..in Garage Band ? .the way we do in our physical guitars ....what ever custom strumming we want ...? Or do we need to get anyo other Audio Unit Extension ? Or a Physical Acostic Guitar is best to play Guitar and Record....because quick custom playing lead in Guitar is also difficult in Garage band..... because we move very easily in Physical Guitar .... GeoShred is good for App for Leads but not Strumming Chords....I think For Strumming Chords, Physical Acoustic Guitars is best ...what do you think .?
GarageBand guitars are pretty basic to be honest. You might need to explore other guitars apps. I still haven’t found great virtual guitar apps on iOS.
@@PeteJohnsMusic exactly, I feel to get a Physical Acoustic Guitar is best to record ..because there are various aspects in Guitar Playing like Strumming, Leads , Fingerstyle, Tremolo,etc,etc. Mainly Strumming in different patterns ..
We can't do all these things in a Virtual App
On Garageband i use the HARD ROCK guitar
Noice.
Same
The tip for changing amps is fantastic. That opens up a load of possibilities. Speaking as a guitarist, I tend not to use this touch instrument. The glissando sounds unnatural to me. It is handy for non-guitarists and for trying out some chord changes when writing.
It’s one of the things I love about GarageBand: being able to explore instruments you don’t play. I used keys on my #songtember song, which I probably wouldn’t even have thought of without touch instruments.
Love it! Yes, great feedback and comments here and I agree with you. I find the roux instruments super handy when on the go. 👍
@@PeteJohnsMusic Hi Pete. Quick question for you. I just noticed my comment on your previous video (the final #songtember roundup) with the link to my song isn’t showing up. I was wondering if it had maybe been caught by your spam filter because of the hyperlinks. Are you able to check at your end please? Many thanks,
Scott.
Hey Scott. I think I circled back on your video and original comment but yes, it had been and has now been released!
@@PeteJohnsMusic Many thanks Pete. Keep up the good work!
Nice. I learned some new tricks!
Awesome! Glad to hear.
Pete Johns 👌🏾
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Extremely useful tutorial! I learned so much in 12 minutes. One question I have is that you show double tapping on the amp brings up a larger version of the amp dials. My iPhone 6s with the latest OS (13.x) and Garageband doesn't seem to have that functionality or am I missing something? Thanks again, Pete. I'm subscribing.
Hmmmm..... so I’ve just checked on my iPhone XS and it doesn’t zoom in either. It must only be for smaller iPhones that this options works?
OK, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't just my phone. I can live with the amps without the zoom in. The controls are still easy to use. Thanks for the reply!
Very cool
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Subscribed☺️
@@PeteJohnsMusic Wow, your channel has loads of content. Didn't know about that. 😍
Danke schön
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Well there you go. Pretty impressive.
Yeah. It’s far from perfect, but if you’re not a guitarist or on the go and want to capture some guitar sounds it’s pretty darn cool.
Thanks for showing us those little things that we would have never discovered.
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you are the best GB in the HOLE WOLRD!!!!!!
Thanks my friend. Appreciate the kind words.
man is a genius!!!
🤘😎
Pete I wanna play a guitar solo on the 12,14&15th frets, how do I do that? If possible on keyboard please guide me
This was actually very helpful. thanks I actually managed to make some southern blues rock I guess. And it didn’t sound garbage :>
Nice one my friend!
Love your videos Pete.. by the way what's the name of the app
Thanks my friend. This is the touch guitar in GarageBand. studiolivetoday.com/garageband.
Goong to see if you have a video on how to pan keyboard loops and percussion loops when there a two vocals in unison.. and what processes do you do on your vocals before you merge them and do you do affects before or after merging
I have something along those lines I’m pretty sure. Dig through the FAQ and tutorials here. Http://studiolivetoday.com/garageband
finaly i found this!
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Hi Pete is it possible to show me how midi clock works in GarageBand cheers love the channel enjoying it a lot 👍👍👍👍
Hey Paul. GarageBand's MIDI functionality is unfortunately quite limited so it doesn't really play nicely with other MIDI apps or utilise a MIDI clock as such.
Since guitar is my instrument, i don’t give much relevance to Garage Band’s guitar stuff.
I must say, ther is a lot of potential here. I love the combining to chords to get big beautiful poly chords
Yeah. I don’t use it a lot but for non-guitarists and when I’m not around a guitar it and be super useful.
@@PeteJohnsMusic I get it and you do a great job covering all of this. That being said, you can do some pretty cool stuff
Thanks! 🙏
Having watched this and tried out the guitar on keyboard thing, I wonder has anyone tried it using it with the Arturia Keystep 37 midi controller's Strum feature? I imagine that might work rather well using the electric guitars (or the Guzheng perhaps for something a little different).
Yeah I think Jade Start may have tried this? If not with guitar specifically then with similar apps and it worked well.
Hey mate, thanks for the vid. i was just wondering, i’ve got an ipad air 3rd gen i only have 8 frets so do u you know any way to get 11 or more frets like you do??Thanks man, keep up these good quality vids
Unfortunately the guitar size is dependent on the size of your screen and can’t be changed.
❇Thx - A - Million * Friend !🤩☺!!
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I’ve been wanting the play heavy metal, Is it possible to get tremolo picking and pinch harmonics on this midi guitar
It is with quite a bit of editing which I don’t have the patience for. Maybe ask over at the GarageBand Users Facebook group and see if anyone there has any tips? studiolivetoday.com/gbu
Thanks Pete! Super useful.
Question- in scale mode aren’t ONLY the light squares part of the scale on the fretboard? Or all the notes in between PLUS the light squares?
Thanks my friend and good question. The light notes are the root notes of the scale - like the C of the C scale. Each other note is part of that scale. Hope this helps. 👍
Got it. Thanks again!
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Hi Pete. Is the 4 options only on the new update? As you know I’m still stuck at 12.4.? Because of the sonic port issue. Also, have you noticed any odd behaviour since updating and, is GarageBand greatly improved over the previous version. So I know if I’m missing anything that would make a reasonable difference? Thanks. Great vid for the beginners and those with some experience🖌
Yep, all of these options are there in 12.4. In fact, this demo is on my iPhone 7 which is still running 12.4. 🙂🤘
This is crazy incredible. I hope Mac version has this cos this is really good but sadly can't afford to buy an iPad or iPhone just for this.
Yeah, the touch instruments are only on iOS and probably the best feature. ua-cam.com/video/cNR9wheoaAo/v-deo.html
Hi Pete @ 5.03 you were to give the tip to show how we can get to the upper notes. Could not find that. My ipad displays only 8 frets 😕
Hey there. The only way to do this is to use the keyboard as I show in this video - ua-cam.com/video/u4pPPoIOhqU/v-deo.html
Oof
Also I like how the notes mode matches tab.
True that!! 👍
Man yr a ledgend
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@@PeteJohnsMusic im subscribed man dont worry
Hi Pete, just a quick one, is the Steinberg UR22 Ipad compatible or is only the MK 2 version compatible?
Cheers
Hey there. Only the MKII can be used with and iPad or iPhone.
All this stuff was always here and I had no idea smh thank bro
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Pete Johns o I do! ThAnks again for sharing your knowledge! It is VERY helpfull!
Thanks for the info. Can we play guitar in macbook? I could not find this option in my macbook. Please advise
There are no touch guitars or virtual guitars on the Mac. A few guitar loops if you look in the loop section.
Hi Pete! Do you know Ukulele for GarageBand? Many thanks for all you videos 💚💝👏
Hey there. I’m not sure there’s a good Uke plugin but if you’re looking for one I would ask over at the GarageBand Users Facebook group - studiolivetoday.com/gbu
@@PeteJohnsMusic how is the name of the Plugin? Unfortunatly, I didnt find. Thanks for your time to answer👍🏼🙏☀️
Is there a way to use the wah pedal on iPad, other than using mouth movement? I want to be able to record a guitar solo, then apply the wah sound to the track...is that possible?
Hey there Shirlene. Thanks for watching and for your question. There sure is, and I cover it in this recent video - ua-cam.com/video/P-nOdkMF8-k/v-deo.html
On auto play for a chord if you touch the one playing again it stops without hitting the play button
Haha! Yes, very true. I get confused when using the two and three finger taps as you need to use the same one or it just changes the pattern instead of stopping. 😄
Thanks from me to you
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@@PeteJohnsMusic I will make u proud
Key signature can only be found on single note screen it changes to edit chords on the chord screen
Good tip. Thanks!
Is there anyway that i can take a key board track and put it in a guitar section?
Generally not. Guitar and strings tracks are not standard keyboard tracks, unless you set them up via the keyboard like this. ua-cam.com/video/42djgYa-9I8/v-deo.html
Is there a way to change the tuning or allow for sustain?
Not really sorry. It’s a pretty basic instrument.
I know it’s probably a dumb question but what do you do when you have a capo on your guitar?
Do you just adjust the key of the song?
Yeah, just shift the key up as many semitones as you need to.
Is there any way to tune down half a step so you can use the standard fretboard?
Hey there. Not really. You can play and then transpose the MIDI data afterwards.
Hey, I’m having some trouble. If I have a track, like a staccato strings track, that already has notes, is it possible to move that to a touchscreen guitar?
Hey there. Unfortunately the strings and other instruments are not compatible so you can’t copy and paste between them.
Pete Johns man, that’s unfortunate. It does seem though that an electric guitar like the “wah”whatever it’s called has the normal scale like a normal string track does, so I guess I can still use that. It’ll take a longer time, but it can be done. Thanks!
I think I know what you want. Which track do you wanna copy from?
i hope you answer late replies too but i would like to drop down D on the low E. Is this possible in Garageband?
Unfortunately not. Your best bet is to use the keyboard. ua-cam.com/video/42djgYa-9I8/v-deo.html
that two three finger for more strumming options was amazing
It’s a hidden but awesome little jack isn’t it?
@@PeteJohnsMusic indeed!
i'm currently recreating an old song and was stuck at guitar parts. using only one strumming pattern got kinda repetitive and boring but using this i was able to put some variety into it and it turned out great
First I make the instrumental “The Portal” using exotic drums and you drop a video about the exotic drums at nearly the same time.
Now I start making a song heavily inspired by DragonForce - very guitar heavy stuff so I’m having to work with the GarageBand virtual guitars... and here you suddenly drop this video about the GarageBand virtual guitars....
I guess we must have great minds!
That or you’ve bugged my iPad somehow and know everything I’m doing 🤔 🧐
It’s both. 😄
It was actually that I looked back and realised I’d been talking about either Songtember or iOS 13 for the last month and wanted to return to an actual music creation tutorial. And my studio’s a mess so I needed something off camera. 😊
Right?! Pete does this all the time! I'll be thinking about a technique I would like to perform. And Pete posts a video of the exact thing! It's a wavelength we're on. Very cool!
365 videos per year - I’m bound to get some relevant ones sometimes. 😄
I remember the day i had problems with pumping and distortion and a few hours later pete made a video on how to get rid of those problems XD
Haha! Yes, I've been accused of having hidden cameras. 😅
Hei I’m a drummer. And into black metal hehe. So I have a break from my drums atm I have not a pc only drum mics and a sound card but I don’t know how to put them up. I think I need a pc and more cables. So I can’t get the drum sound I want so for now I try to use the GarageBand and program drums but that takes sooooooooooo long time if I go into every detail and all my project getting half done. Anyway for guitar i use that guitar strings in the app. But i wonder can you tell me some cool chords I can add to that guitar simulator. I’m not a guitarist but I make pretty legit cold tremolo and chugging I sort of learn a little about these scales and try to find the best ones. But suddenly everything sounds the same somehow. You got some tips?
Hey there. Not quite sure exactly what you’re asking here but I cover setting up and recording in many videos here on the channel, and I would also ask over at the Create Record Release Facebook group as there are many drummers there who may have some tips to help.
Hello, if i wanted to play a chord in different fret how can i do it in garageband?
Unfortunately you can’t change the fretboard at all. What I recommend is using the keyboard instrument to record guitar.
ua-cam.com/video/42djgYa-9I8/v-deo.html
Other than moving your finger up and down on the fretboard, do you know how to make a pick drag in GarageBand? Is it even possible? If not I can plug my real guitar in.
Not really possible with the virtual guitar sorry. You’d be best to use a real guitar or find an audio file to import.
Thanks anyway. I'm very happy you reply to comments like these :)
For the guitar part how do i go down to like the 13th fret?
You can’t sorry. You can however use the keyboard to play guitar parts. ua-cam.com/video/42djgYa-9I8/v-deo.htmlsi=AjF2_80vkuHy6ANd
How can you add capo? Play song in G but with capo on second fret.
Just record and then transpose the audio up 2 semitones. ua-cam.com/video/Ag9_C8O5k0o/v-deo.html
i still dont know how to play an open notes on garage band. i mean, the notes is 0 (zero) in tablature. any tips?
Just tap right up there on the nut for open notes. studiolivetoday.com/garageband
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Nice! 🤘