Adding non-standard fingerings?

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I use the fingering option in Dorico purely to annotate chords -i.e. root, third, fifth - and this ability has been fantastic. However I rely on what is ‘allowed’ in terms (presumably) of ‘real’ fingering. What I see is that fingering from 0-7 is allowed, but no more. I have no idea where ‘7’ is a real fingering, but am very grateful that it works.

I would like a bit more flexibility - today I wanted to annotate a 9th, for example, which is not possible.

I imagine I’m not the only person who uses the fingering facility as a tool for theory or something else, and wondered (a) if there’s something already existing that I’ve missed, and (b) if you might add e.g. the ability to have ‘constrained’ vs ‘unconstrained’ fingering notation?

Thanks

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Check this! It’s applied to “8” but you can apply to others also!

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I assume it’s for Trombone, 7th position.

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It is a recorder fingering, little finger of the right hand.
Also 8 is the end aperture, usually closed with the knee. (Carl Dolmetsch added a special “bell key” for 8).

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Apologies for the delay replying - I got distracted by life! Thank you - I appreciate that you produced a video to demonstrate.

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