Electronic Music
Composition &
Songwriting
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Assignment: Essential Listening
Great Songwriters
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Great Songwriters
Intro to GarageBand
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Project #1 - Editing
Using Loops
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Project #2 - Loops
Noteflight & MIDI
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The Keyboard
Project #3 - Notation
Live Recording & Effects
Good Songs
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Project #4 - Original Song
Drum Beats
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Project #5 - Drum Beat
Chords & Chord Progressions
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Project #6 - Chord Progressions
Melody
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Project #7 - Melody
Arranging
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Project #8 - Arranging
Lyrics & Poetry
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Project #9.1- Write Lyrics
Project #9.2 - Lyrics to Music
Jingles
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Project #10 - Jingle
Film Scoring
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Project #11 - Film Scoring
Podcasting
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Project #12 - Podcast
Sampling
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Project #13 - Sampling Project
Collaboration
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Project #14: Collaborative Cumulative Project
Assignments
Submitting Files
Glossary
Saving & Deleting Your Files
Link to Student Work
Course Evaluation
Home
Lessons
Intro to Class
>
Policies
Rubric for Projects
Rubric for Class Participation
Questionnaire
Personal Music History
What is Music?
>
Assignment: Essential Listening
Great Songwriters
>
Great Songwriters
Intro to GarageBand
>
Project #1 - Editing
Using Loops
>
Project #2 - Loops
Noteflight & MIDI
>
The Keyboard
Project #3 - Notation
Live Recording & Effects
Good Songs
>
Project #4 - Original Song
Drum Beats
>
Project #5 - Drum Beat
Chords & Chord Progressions
>
Project #6 - Chord Progressions
Melody
>
Project #7 - Melody
Arranging
>
Project #8 - Arranging
Lyrics & Poetry
>
Project #9.1- Write Lyrics
Project #9.2 - Lyrics to Music
Jingles
>
Project #10 - Jingle
Film Scoring
>
Project #11 - Film Scoring
Podcasting
>
Project #12 - Podcast
Sampling
>
Project #13 - Sampling Project
Collaboration
>
Project #14: Collaborative Cumulative Project
Assignments
Submitting Files
Glossary
Saving & Deleting Your Files
Link to Student Work
Course Evaluation
Open GarageBand by clicking on the dock (Or F4 for apps)
Choose "Empty Project"
Default "Software Instrument"
"Details"
Click "Create"
Save your project: firstinitiallastnameproject 0
Save to the DESKTOP
Transport controls: Record, Play, Rewind, Fast Forward, Pause/Back to Beginning
LCD: measure, tempo, key signature, key vs. time
Cycle, tuner, count-in, click
Master volume slider
Timeline
Track headers
Instrument library
Zoom
Add a track
Track editors
Media Browser, Note pad, Loop Browser
Solo & Mute
Ending
Exporting files
Manipulate Loops
Copy
Paste
Delete
Move
Loop
Split
GarageBand Keyboard Shortcuts
Check out
this link
of keyboard shortcuts to speed up your creative process.