Garageband resources
Examples of GarageBand integration into music curriculum
This page summarises a few of the ways I’ve used GarageBand with students from year 7 to 12, including linking to some of the projects below.
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Remixing songs: When Doves Cry
A complete unit of work (5 or more weeks) for years 7 to 11 in which students study covers of and then remix the well known Prince song When Doves Cry. Included are loops for GarageBand, ready to import.
Remixular Bells
A unit of work for elective music students in which they perform a structural analysis of the opening of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells and then use it to reconstruct the piece from provided loops, first in GarageBand and then in Sibelius. Extends into a composition task.
A piece of music for classroom ensemble. Performance class extends from improvisation into composition through GarageBand and Sibelius templates.
A unit of work for non-elective students which teaches playing primary triads in C major on keyboard and uses that skill to write simple jingles for a TV ad. Videos are provided for the steps to be completed in GarageBand.
Film composition with the Ice Age 3 Trailer - in Garageband
First step for budding film composers as they learn how to import a movie into GarageBand, create hit points/cues with markers, and align sounds effects using imported audio and software instruments. Also looks at changing the incidental music.
tuberemix.com - YouTube Remixed on a Mac
This actually uses more than just GarageBand - all free tools that you can use to remix, and using Kutiman’s brilliant www.thru-you.com remixes of people who have videoed themselves performing and posted to YouTube as a model for student composition.