#Garageband how to play piano mac#

It's frustrating РІР‚вЂњ it takes me at least an hour to get the progression right every time, and I still make mistakes when returning after a break. Lesson 3 introduces my left hand to the mix and is the hardest part so far РІР‚вЂњ playing bass notes with your left hand and chords with your right РІР‚вЂњ it takes some getting used to and my guitar playing doesn't help. The hour-a-day schedule continues, but progress has slowed down. It means you can easily jump back and forth at your own pace.

Each lesson is divided into a few different parts, looking at key concepts one step at a time. Here I would research through books and the web but I'm sticking to GarageBand. Taking Tim's advice and the old piano teaching standards FACE and Every Good Boy Does Fine help me. I now understand staffs, treble clefs and know where the notes on the staff are in relation to the piano. It's going to be a while before I fully understand the intricacies of notation, but Tim's advice is simple and easy to follow. I've completed Lesson 2, where my new friend Tim has shown me the basics of reading music. It's not easy but, unlike my exercise programme, I'll try to keep this up. I've tried to give at least an hour a day to learning to play РІР‚вЂњ and that's the intention going forward.

So, I began practising the chord sequence that Tim had shown me: C, G, F. He also explained which fingers to use (numbering them 1-5) to play simple chords and how to sit at the piano. Tim continued, explaining the use of the sustain pedal (which I don't have) and then going on to talk about chords and their 'root' (the note that the chord is based upon). I'm still going to spend at least three hours working on the same chord sequence, just to get my brain talking to my fingers (I believe they call it fingering). Luckily, as I'm familiar with chords and octaves, Lesson 1 was easy.

#Garageband how to play piano mac#

Although it doesn't emit any sound unless it's plugged into your Mac and, in this case, GarageBand, it seemed like a good option, having full-size keys and coming in at only Р’Р€60.