Part VIII

GarageBand

Does music move you?

GarageBand is divided into two different roles. Its first role is to teach you how to play the guitar or piano—it even gives you access to a store to purchase lessons from legends in the industry. Its second role is to enable you to write your own musical compositions. You can attach and record your own instruments, or you can compose a song note-by-note using one of GarageBand's software instruments. If there is a little Elvis in you, GarageBand makes it easy to let it out.

Chapter 16

Rockin' Around the GarageBand Sidebar

Ever dreamed of learning to play the piano or guitar? Have a song in your head that you know might be a top-ten hit? GarageBand delivers.

As with iMovie, a lot of GarageBand's features ...

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