Welcome to this lessons page for Garageband.
These Garageband video lessons will be split across ten videos and take you from the first steps of opening and accessing the App, up to creating, editing and sharing your own songs.
Garageband is an Apple App for iPhone and iPad. It is free to download from the App Store. Unfortunately, it does not work on non-Apple devices, see the Android or Browser Apps listed on the Technology page for alternatives.
Garageband has two song-creation windows - TRACKS and LIVE LOOPS. Each is suited to a slightly different approach to songwriting. These lessons will teach you about both, how to use them separately and how the two can be linked.
This first lesson introduces you to the App and using Apple Loops inside Tracks.
Live Loops adds a DJ-ing element to song creation in Garageband. Using a grid of buttons, users trigger loops individually or in groups, bringing a performance element to the use of Apple Loops.
This lesson covers the basic controls of Live Loops and performing a pre-programmed song.
This video continues the first Tracks and Apple Loops lesson, looking in more detail at the Apple Loops search tools and at the basic mixing controls, both of which are equally relevant to Live Loops users.
This video looks at creating a new song in Live Loops using Apple Loops. It also looks at simple methods of copying loops and song sections.
Remember to always tap My Songs at the end of every session to SAVE your song.
Share your Garageband songs and compositions with us by emailing audio files...
Garageband sharing method : from the My Songs screen > tap SELECT > choose the song you wish to share > tap Share at bottom of screen > choose SONG > select quality of recording > select your email App...
...and send to music@bedford.gov.uk with your first name and the name of your school.
We'll upload your creation to the Shared With Us page of this website.