Caesura after the barline before beat 1

Any guidance on how to have a caesura after the barline and before the first beat?

Welcome to the forum, @kyledwheatley !

It can work by adding a short rhythmic value at the begining of the bar, and then hiding the rest:

Or by creating a Playing Technique (you’ll probably have to adjust the note spacing):

There could be some other (better) solutions!

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