sometimes it’s just not possible to follow the new music score… it would be very handy to have the possibility to just put floating slurs.
I would probably create text items (with the Avoid collisions property deactivated) using the articLaissezVibrerAbove and articLaissezVibrerBelow symbols from this SMuFL range:
idea !!
I put a border to show the scope of the glyph…
is there a way around this ?
it becomes quite a trick to stack four + four of these… ? it’s possible of course…but
For a more, er, magnetic, approach, you could place a chord in another voice at the end of the bar, tied over the barline, carefully remove the relevant rests (Edit > Remove Rests) and then, in Engrave mode, use the properties shown below.
…which will result in this, if you’ve done it correctly:
Daniel’s method is easy enough as long as you’ve turned on but left unticked the Avoids Collision property for the text.
Whichever method you go for, note that once you’ve set it one instance you can copy and paste it anywhere else in the piece.
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I tried this but with a gracenote chord. but then I didn’t find the hide buttons… (did I miss something ? you can hide grace notes… so why there wasn’t “hide” ?)
but this is great.
in another voice…
I think this is better.
and more stable…
I didn’t think about another voice…
thank you !
j
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Another approach is to make a new line type with a body width of zero, no start or end cap, and with continuation caps set to these annotations. Place the lines with “Attach to notehead” and connect them to (perhaps invisible) notes where the sound is to end.
You may want to temporarily change the line body type to “Solid (thick)” when setting these up.
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Pardon me, but I do not know what this notation means. The slurs do not seem to join notes. What is it about? i engrave contemporary music but I have never seen this. The closest I know is the custos in early music scores.
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One alternative is to use Pedal markings to be explicit about the start and end of the effect. That would save a lot of added slurs to the part.
of course, but that’s not the composer’s notation…
Fortunately, I have an understanding with the composer I engrave for.
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I already changed a lot in this piece… 
I note that the composer’s [sketch? score?] has an inconsistency: the first three Fs take downward ties, the fourth and fifth take upward ties, then the over-the-bar “floating” tie is downward again.
Per @Derrek, it sounds like a worthwhile conversation to have before committing to involved engraving techniques. (FWIW, as just one composer, I’m always open to feedback on any handwritten stuff that may or may not have been done without any more intention than simply keeping my hand moving forward!)
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I’m actually doing this as a favor for my best percussion player that have played a lot of some of my pieces. He wants to play this piece by some guy. (I’m not sure who or even if he’s still with us…)
sure it’s sketchy. not my normal source…
but I do like to follow as much as possible. and I’m also in the process of learning dorico right now… came handy…
It’s actually luis de pablo…