Thank you so much, Pjotr. That’s exactly what I was after.
I’ve created Playing Techniques based on these, which you’ll find in this project.
Coloration Playing Techniques.dorico (417.5 KB)
And here’s a screenshot:
I’ve set Engraving Options > Playing Techniques > Minimum distance above staff for symbols to 3/4 spaces.
I believe that you can copy and paste the PTs if they’re useful to you.
You can have a look at how I created the PT, if you like.
I finally found a way round the fact that setting the X-offset negative (to try and offset the Left symbol before the note and the Right symbol after the note) doesn’t work.
The trick was to add 4 spaces as text, making a composite symbol. Since PTs are centred above the note this worked well. This screenshot showing the added spaces may help.
Thanks too to Ben for keeping with me in my investigations. Much appreciated!
Chris