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Chapter 3 Working With Projects 29

Setting the Key

Each project has a key, which defines the central note to which the other notes in the

music relate, and the scale used (either “major” or “minor”).

To set the key:

1 In the New Project dialog, choose a key from the Key pop-up menu.

2 Choose the scale from the Scale pop-up menu to the right of the Key pop-up menu.

Note: You can change the key later in the Track Info pane for the master track.

If you change the key of a project after recording instruments or adding loops, all

Software Instrument recordings and loops are transposed to the new key. Real

Instrument recordings are not transposed.

Setting the Time Signature

Each project also has a time signature, which controls the relationship between beats

and measures. A project’s time signature consists of two numbers separated by a

forward slash, which look similar to a fraction. The number on the left controls the

number of beats in each measure, and the number on the right controls the beat value

(the length of the note that gets one beat).

You can use any of the following time signatures in a GarageBand project: 2/2, 2/4, 3/4,

4/4, 5/4, 7/4, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, or 12/8. The default is 4/4, the most commonly used time

signature.

To set the time signature:

m In the New Project dialog, choose a time signature from the Time pop-up menu.

Note: You can change the time signature later in the Track Info pane for the

master track.

Opening an Existing Project

You can open an existing project to continue working.

To open an existing project:

m Choose File > Open, locate and select the project you want to open, then click OK.

You can also open a recently open project by choosing File > Open Recent and

choosing a project from the submenu.

If you close the currently open project, a dialog appears, asking if you want to create a

new project or open an existing project.

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Apple GarageBand 3 User Manual Page 29