Apple GarageBand Jam Pack 3: Rythm Section Tips - Manual (Page 4)

4 Tips for Using GarageBand Jam Pack 3: Rhythm Section Instruments
Guitars
Guitars are one of the defining instruments in many popular music styles. Rhythm Section
includes both acoustic and electric guitars, as well as other popular fretted string instruments,
such as the banjo.
Thumbstroke Bass
Reggae Bass
Rich electric bass played with a soft
thumb downstroke, for reggae and
other deep bass styles • Mod wheel adds vibrato.
• Highest velocity adds loudness
and intensity.
Unplugged Bass Acoustic bass guitar with a “played
live” sound, for organic, earthy
songs • Mod wheel adds vibrato.
• Highest velocity adds loudness
and intensity.
Instrument Description Controller Info
Instrument Description Controller Info
Acoustic Harmonics
Flutter Harmonics
Acoustic guitar harmonics • Mod wheel adds sustain.
• Highest velocity plays tap with
harmonics.
Bluegrass Banjo
Atlantis Banjo
Traditional plucked bluegrass banjo • Mod wheel adds vibrato.
• Low velocities alternate between
stopped and muted note. Higher
velocities sound more open.
Highest velocity adds slides up to
note.
• Notes below E0 play chordal rolls,
string slides.
Bluesy Acoustic Acoustic guitar with a darker,
woodier tone for blues and
alternative rock • Mod wheel combined with
highest velocity: Low position
adds slide up to note, Mid
position adds blue note slides,
high position adds harmonics.
• Highest velocity has slides;
different velocity levels change
the attack and string vibrato.
• Notes below E0 has taps, stopped
strums, and other instrument
sounds.
Dobro Slide
Swamp Dobro
Steel resonator guitar (used in
bluegrass, folk, and other styles) • Mod wheel adds vibrato.
• Higher velocities increase vibrato;
highest velocity add slides.
• Notes below E0 play body taps,
slides, and other instrument
sounds.
Dobro Chords Each note plays a chord or interval,
some with slides up to the chord. • Notes E0 to A#3 play major
chords. Notes B3 to E5 play minor
chords. Notes above E5 play open
fourths.
• Mod wheel adds velocity.
• Velocity increases loudness and
intensity.
Eighties Electric
Eighties Electric Clean
Electric guitar with heavy amp
distortion, chorus, and echo. Good
for hard rock, heavy metal, and
power ballads. • Mod wheel adds vibrato.
• Higher velocities add intensity.
Highest velocity plays harmonics.