Adding beamed groups of notes (Bravura glyphs) to performance text

Dorico
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I am trying to add beamed groups of notes to performance text above the staff lines that explain how the performer should rhythmically approach a timbral tremolo (labeled ‘quasi-tremolo’ in my image example). I am using the Bravura glyphs from the Bravura GitHub links shared in previous posts, through the copy/paste methods mentioned in the same posts. Trouble is, the triplet “3” I’m adding to a grouped of beamed eighth notes has an unwanted space between the “3” and the next copy/paste glyph symbol (a continuation of the beam).

How do I remove this extra space to have a continuous beam across all three eighth notes? (see vertical curser in screen shot) I can’t figure out how to “stack” glyphs.

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Also, is there a new/easier way of adding musical notation to text boxes in Dorico 3.5, OR is there another alternative (combining different Engraving features for example) to accomplish the same goal?

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For this, you should use Metrico. It’s better suited to more complex tempo marks like this.

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Thank you, Dan! It always feels so “magical” when things like this work out.

P.S. There’s a compatibility warning for Metrico on the Mac platform (dated April 2019), but I did not have any issues with it. It may have been resolved without any updated comments. Just an FYI.

Thanks again!