Apple GarageBand '08 - Manual (Page 27)

Chapter 3 Tutorial 1: Creating, Playing, and Saving GarageBand Projects 27
3 When the Magic GarageBand stage appears, click one of the genre buttons (the large
square buttons located under the stage) to select a genre for the song.
4 To preview the song, click either Snippet or Entire Song, then click the Play (π) button.
The first time you click Play, the song takes a few moments to start playing. A progress
indicator below the stage shows the progress of opening the song.
5 To choose different instruments to use in the song, click the Audition button.
The curtain opens on the Magic GarageBand stage, showing the instruments used in
the song.
Use one of these
buttons to choose
the genre
Click this button to hear
a preview of the song
Use these buttons to
change the selected
instrument
Click to create
the new project