Alternate Notation
How to get there
Click the Staff tool 
, and select Edit Staff Attributes from the Staff Menu.
Click Select beside Alternate Notation.
What it does
This command lets you fill the selected
staff with one of several alternative-notation styles, such as slashes,
measure repeats, or rhythmic notation measures.
- Slash Notation. Select this alternate-notation
style to fill every measure with one slash per beat. In cut time, for
example, there would be two slashes per bar. Slash notation is useful
for indicating that the player is to “comp,” or improvise, a part with
an unspecified rhythm.
- Rhythmic Notation. This alternate-notation
style converts every note or chord to a stemmed slash. All slashes are
centered on the middle staff line, and all stems go down. Use this form
of slash notation when the player is to “comp” or improvise in a specific
rhythm.
- One-Bar Repeat(s). This alternate-notation
style hides whatever music is already in the measures (all layers), and
displays instead the one-bar repeat symbol, indicating that the player
is to repeat the contents of the previous measure.
- Normal Notation. Choose this option
to display the selected staff in standard music notation.
- Apply to Layer. Use this command to
choose which layer you would like the alternate notation applied.
- OK · Cancel. Click OK (or press return)
to confirm, or Cancel to discard, the settings you’ve made in this dialog
box.
