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Q: song with bars of 4/4, 3/4, 2/4

Dear Community,

 

i created a song with 4/4 (4 beats per bar).

Now I have a bar with 2/4 and a bar with 3/4

 

I tried to Change  the "Taktart" (in german) from 4/4 to 3/4... all bars are not at 3/4..

 

Is it possible to have different bars /4/4, 3/4, 2/4) in a song??

 

Thx and greets

Axel

iPad Pro, iOS 9.3.2, Smart Drum - EDIT

Posted on May 29, 2016 10:57 PM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie May 29, 2016 11:31 PM in response to abpianoman
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    May 29, 2016 11:31 PM in response to abpianoman

    No, sorry. All bars need to have the same time signature, Axel. It is not even possible to have different time signatures in a song in garageBand on the Mac.

    What I am doing when I need to change the time signature within a song is to create each part as a separate song and then combine the separate audio files in a new song.

  • by abpianoman,

    abpianoman abpianoman May 30, 2016 12:01 AM in response to léonie
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    May 30, 2016 12:01 AM in response to léonie

    Dear Léonie

     

    many thanks for your answer.

     

    I have an Ipad - but I think this ist the same "Problem" as with the Mac, isn´t it?

     

    I´m not sure how to solve my Problem.

    The song is in 4/4 and there are only 2 bars of 3/4 and 2 bars of 2/4.

     

    What exactly do you mean with: "create each part as a separate song and then Combine the separate Audio files in a new song"?

    is there perhaps a tutorial for that??

    Perhaps you can clarify my "question marks in my eyes"? Thx :-)

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie May 30, 2016 12:38 AM in response to abpianoman
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    May 30, 2016 12:38 AM in response to abpianoman

    I have an Ipad - but I think this ist the same "Problem" as with the Mac, isn´t it?

    that is what I meant.

    What exactly do you mean with: "create each part as a separate song and then Combine the separate Audio files in a new song"?

    There are only two ways to deal with the changing song signature.

    1. If you are only recording audio instruments you could just set the song to 4/4 all the way, ignore the song signature and play your measures correctly. This will not work with smart instruments.
    2. Or create more than one song: one song with only the measures played in ¾, one song with the measures in 2/4, and songs with the segments in 4/4.  Add these songs to the Music.app. You will need a computer to do that.  Share the song fractions to iTunes, add them to iTunes on a PC or Mac, then sync the iPad with the computer, so you can access the songs in the Music.app.  Now you can add the segments to a new project from the loop browser and arrange them in one song in the correct sequence.  It is very clumsy.
  • by abpianoman,

    abpianoman abpianoman May 30, 2016 1:00 AM in response to léonie
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    May 30, 2016 1:00 AM in response to léonie

    Dear Léonie

     

    many thanks for your answer.

     

    As I use the Smart Instrument (Drum) and the Drummer my Problem can´t be solved :-(

     

    that means I will have to use the "real drums" :-)

     

    THX Axel

     

    PS: I have posted another question: can I Import a song created by Garageband / Smart Drums to the APP FORSCORE..

    What I want is to Play the piano with a piano transcription (Forscore) and at the same time have the drums from Garageband

     

    Otherwise I always have to jump between Garageband and Forscore ...

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie May 30, 2016 2:39 AM in response to abpianoman
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    May 30, 2016 2:39 AM in response to abpianoman

    I've seen your other question, but I've never used Forscore. So I cannot help with that.

    I'm doing all midi recording and creating in GarageBand and Finale on the Mac.