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GarageBand is a music making program by Apple. It is available for free, but must be run on an Apple operating system (OS). GarageBand can run on Mac computers with MacOS, and on iPads and iPhones with iOS.
Smart Instruments allow students to play chords by tapping a chord strip on the screen. Available Smart Instruments in GarageBand include Smart Piano, Smart Strings (which includes violin, viola, cello, and bass), Smart Guitar and Smart Bass.
In this Smart Instrument setup, tapping or strumming will produce chords. This means students can perform chords without worrying about exactly which notes spell a C Major chord, and can focus on following along with an ensemble or track rather than finding all the notes in time.
In this screenshot, I am editing the Bdim chord all the way to the right. To change a different chord, just tap on its label at the bottom of the screen. In the image below, I selected the Em chord strip on the left.
Selecting none means that the strip will disappear from the screen once you tap Done. This is very useful for elementary students, who are unlikely to need the full 8 chords available for most applications.
I might even set up the few chords I need with spaces in between so that motor skills do not get in the way of being able to play a song accurately. For example, I might set up a song that uses C, A minor, G, and F chords like this:
With the Smart Instruments in GarageBand, the user can play a chord by tapping it. There is also the option of using Autoplay patterns, which play a repeating rhythm on the selected chord automatically.
Tapping on any of the chord strips with Autoplay enabled will play a repeating musical pattern that stylistically matches the instrument sound you have chosen. To change chords, simply tap on another chord strip. Pressing the chord strip with two of three fingers will play a variation of the selected Autoplay pattern.
When using technology, it is important to help students stay focused on the task at hand, rather than everything else available on a device or the internet. iOS has a built in tool called Guided Access which allows educators to keep a device limited to the use of only one app until a passcode is entered. This can make sure students stay safe and are not distracted when working on assignments using GarageBand.
Apple has a simple tutorial for how to set up Guided Access. There are many different options available, which makes it a truly customizable way to keep students focused on what they should be working on.
Playing chord progressions with Smart Instruments is especially useful for having students figure out the accompaniment to a given melody. Because playing different chords in GarageBand is so simple, students can focus on what they hear rather than worrying about the specifics of playing a chord. After figuring out a chord progression using GarageBand, performing it could be transferred to acoustic instruments if needed.
Playing chordal accompaniments is also useful in differentiating instruction. If some students are able to perform chords on acoustic instruments but other students struggle with this, the students who need more support could use GarageBand to play chords while other students work with acoustic instruments.
Smart Instruments are also a great tool for students to use when composing. They can create their own chord patterns, trying out different possibilities easily before deciding which ones they like. They can also combine chords on the iPad with acoustic instruments, voices, or other electronic instruments to create larger-scale compositions.
When creating songs where the focus is not chords, Smart Instruments make playing chords very accessible so students can focus on creativity and experimenting with their musical ideas rather than technical skills.
Because of the GarageBand interface, no knowledge of notation beyond chord symbols is required for students to perform using Smart Instruments. Instruction in key signature and detailed written music theory can be delayed with an emphasis on practical knowledge and the ability to actually make music rather than know about music.
My students are always much more willing to work hard on the details of a concept once they have heard and experienced how that concept actually works in music, so this process of doing before labelling helps them understand why we are learning certain things.
Smart Instruments are a flexible tool for students of different ability levels. They allow for differentiation by having different numbers of chords available. It is especially helpful for students who struggle with fine motor skills or motor planning to have a limited selection of chords so that they can achieve success in a reasonable amount of time.
If playing as a group, students who have limited motor skills could even focus on just one chord and only play when that chord happened in a piece. Students who are more advanced could also have differentiation through the use of acoustic chorded instruments or other more advanced features within GarageBand.
Sarah Joncas is a music teacher from Massachusetts, USA. She teaches kindergarten through fifth grade general music, fifth grade chorus, fifth grade band, and percussion ensemble. Before becoming a teacher, she worked with technology and educational software.
In 2014, she was named a TI:ME Technology in Music Education Leadership Fellow, which allowed her to attend a music education conference in Texas and explore cutting edge music teaching technology. She has earned degrees in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Boston University. You can connect with Sarah on Twitter or her blog Teaching Music Musings.
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GarageBand is an extremely powerful tool by Apple on iOS and Mac. But things get more interesting once you go mobile, because at that point you come to realize the true power of your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch. You can actually end up recording full-blown songs on it, thanks to its mighty creation tools. But while that feature is great for the hardcore musicians among us, some us love sticking to just playing instruments, tapping away on a few chords using the smart instruments option and sing songs along with them.
That is a great way of utilizing GarageBand, but the problem is, at first, there are only a few chords users are presented with. Many are even led to believe those predefined chords in Smart Guitar, Smart Keyboard and Smart Strings are all they get with no option of altering things at all. So, if you bump into a song that has a D major chord in it, you just can't play it because it is not seemingly there. Same case arises if you want to play an A7 chord.
Interestingly, and obviously as well, you can add more chords to Smart Guitar, Smart Keyboard and Smart Strings. The process is not seemingly obvious though, but you can do it on the fly once you learn how it's done. Pick up your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and follow my lead.
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