How to play the guitar in GarageBand iOS

The virtual touch guitar in GarageBand iPad and GarageBand iPhone is super fun to play, and in this video I take you through all the cool features so you can get the best guitar sounds in your project.

Covered in this video:
Accessing the guitar
Changing guitar type
Playing notes and chords on the chords view
Using autoplay
Changing the autoplay sound
Playing the guitar in notes view
Changing the scale
How to play open notes
How to play sliding notes
How to use strong bends
How to use hammer on and hammer off
How to use guitar pedals
How to use an amp sim with virtual guitar sounds

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== Web & Social ==

[C-zaar]

Spent a whole 3hrs trying to get an authentic muted picking sound for my guitar when ALL I had to do was watch this video . Lessing learned! Thanks so much Pete! All the way from NZ

[DannyWJaco]

I could have pushed every button and setting in GB IOS and never have found that MERGE feature. Great tip. Thanks!

[thomcalhoun]

Best 12 minutes, 22 seconds I spent all day! 😊

[meekeater]

This is a great quick break down of what you can actually do with garage band. I tend to shy away from it even though I make music primarily with a phone. I never found the ease of use to be that great but these tips make me want to go back into garage band.

[TrevorTDK]

This saves me a lot of time, I download my guitar track from another garageband file to put it in because i didn’t know about the merge function lol

[LordJesse]

Thank you so much. This is the only video I found that actually goes into a deep explanation about the guitar features! THANQ 🎸🙏

[Mr.Cockney]

Every video I see from you, Mr. Pete, makes me feel more and more that Garage Band is a powerful daw for noob musicians as me! Thank you! And you are able to squeeze the app like a lemon to its limits.

[Zatoka.]

This was INCREDIBLY helpful. Thank you for making this!

[lydian]

A very good resource, I use it all the time ✌🏽🎶🎶🎶🎸 thank you for sharing Pete ✌🏽😎

[danny]

If you want to extend the range of the virtual guitar, you can go into the edit MIDI function and move the notes up an octave or two.

[tankoncleaning]

thinks that this could apply to any of the touch instruments?
The sounds you could get are bloody 🤤

[XxxMozart]

I was today years old when i found out u could ADD MORE PEDALS N STUFF

[vannhantran]

Definitely a W tool and your tutorial is greater than any other tutorial I have seen on YouTube

[joachimfischer]

Hi Pete, I am following your channel for such a long time, but there is still something to learn for me in your tutorial. This time the „muted guitar sound“ was new to me. What really expanded my opportunities to use guitars in my songs was you telling us about the Klevgrand Stark AUv3-App, which is really, really cool. Thank you for all your efforts. It‘s really great to have you here. I wish you a happy Rocktober 😊

[MrDmd]

Great tip with one, two or three fingers 👍🏻 And the last Merge tip 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[SMBorthwick]

The tip for changing amps is fantastic. That opens up a load of possibilities. Speaking as a guitarist, I tend not to use this touch instrument. The glissando sounds unnatural to me. It is handy for non-guitarists and for trying out some chord changes when writing.

It’s one of the things I love about GarageBand: being able to explore instruments you don’t play. I used keys on my #songtember song, which I probably wouldn’t even have thought of without touch instruments.

[camilloadrouw]

thank you dude now i can make my guitar sound even more heavier snd metal with the amp merge trick thanks dude i thought u couldnt use it on the garageband guitar i thought the amp can be only use on the real guitar

[alexlx]

Wow, didn’t know about using more than 1 finger in autoplay mode, it does way nicer chords ) You should rename your channel to ‘Discovery’ ))

[edzielinski]

Thought I knew all the tricks on the guitar instruments in GB. Nope - not even close. Thanks again Pete for another great set of tips! I'm off to crank out some crunchy tracks!

[matthewsnow]

That Merge Function is so cool. Thanks!