Fake grace note slash beaming

[McJg]

Hi!
I have a piece for ensemble with a lot of these objects.
Any idea how to realize this in Dorico?

I don’t have any issue with triangular and hidden noteheads.
I can actually manage the arrow beaming with a line and some engraving adjustments… not the best, but it works.

The main problem is how to realize a “fake” grace note group with a slash on the stems.
I can set the grace note size to 1/1 in Engraving Options and it looks fine, but it creates a lot of problems with horizontal alignment with other instruments in the score.

Of course I can add another line and adjust the placement, but that causes a lot of extra engraving work, especially for the parts, and it is difficult to make them appear identically.

[jesele]

I have used a custom notehead set with a slash above/below. Not ideal.

Jesper

Flipped:

[McJg]

Thank you, I’d already thought about this, but the stem length changes depending on the pitch.
Maybe there’s a way to fix the distance between the beam and the notehead?

[jesele]

Or have several noteheads.

Jesper

[FredGUnn]

You could also create it as a Playing Technique:

I just combined a couple of slashes from the Common Ornaments range:

[McJg]

Nice!

Is there a way to define the distance of a playing technique from the notehead?
I would find this very useful for a lot of other situations too.

[jesele]

If you mean in the Playing technique editor, no, not really. The x and y parameters are for the distance between glyphs when you have more than one. One possible way is to have some transparent SVG to put below/above. A text item with a few spaces used to work, but I’m not sure if it still works. Not even sure if a transparent SVG works anymore. You can offset it in the properties panel in Engrave mode, though. Then copy/paste or alt/opt-click once you set one.

Jesper