GarageBand notation view

Anyone else use notation view for GarageBand?

When I write music, I prefer using classical notation because it is easier to tab what I have in my head and get the timing of the notes perfect. I struggle to use GarageBand's notation - simply because I cannot change the type of note or re-write a section using notation view.

Products like Guitar Pro, Sibelius, and apparently Logic Pro offer neat classical notation entering. I got to the stage where I had to use Guitar Pro to tab a song and then export the midi file to GarageBand just because I couldn't get it done at all in GarageBand.

Am I using it wrongly? I noticed if you press the left and right arrows it changes the note type, but it screws everything up, like timing etc. I cannot change notes in dependently.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.10), Santa Rosa

Posted on Sep 11, 2007 8:34 AM

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Sep 12, 2007 11:09 AM in response to HangTime

yeah, ditto Schneb's ditto of you.


Well, I ditto your ditto of Shneb's ditto of me. 😉

I guess we agree.
I actually know how to read music by notation, but I like the flexibility of just dragging the bar to whatever length you want it, rather than having to do math to see if you need a double-dotted 16th note, or just a dotted one.
And if you want to change it, just drag it to the length you want it. Very intuitive, and convenient. As a composer/songwriter, it's one of the features of GB that I really like.

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