How do I make hash marks for an instrumental jazz solo?

[ernesto1956]

I have just started using Finale PrintMusic, and am in my 30-day trial period. Most everything seems intuitive, but I've reach a snag. I am in the middle of a piano part where I want to show that the piano has an improvised solo. I want to put in 4 hash marks in each measure of the staff (most likely the right hand staff) and then put chord symbols above that.

I cannot for the life of me find any indication for making the hash marks. Furthermore, if it cannot be done in Finale PrintMusic, is there a way to make the measures entirely blank (no rests) AND leave enough space for me to put hash marks in manually and/or with a different software?

And by the way, I am a Mac user.

[Peter Thomsen]

An idea:

Apply the staff style "Slash Notation" to the region with the improvised solo.
Note that a Staff Style is not the same thing as the Staff Attributes (both are in the Staff Tool).

"Staff Attributes" is global, for the entire document.

On The Other Hand, a Staff Style can be applied to a selected region.

When you have selected a region, you can apply the Staff Style via the Staff menu, or via the context menu (for Mac users it's ctrl-click on the selected area).

[TWW]

It is a little different with PrintMusic -- there is nothing called "Staff Style."

First, you will want to have rests (or notes) where the chord changes occur.

(You can select the chord notation tool now, or do so after converting to slash notation.)

Then, like Peter said, select the range of measures you are converting to slash notation.

Then select the Staff tool (The button with a treble clef).

Finally, right-click on the selected range, and select "Slash notation."

[ernesto1956]

Thank you both! These tips gave me exactly what I needed.