While notating chords my colleague adds rests, on the same line with the alphabtic characters.
Might this also be possible in Dorico?
The easiest would be text items using a special font like MusGlyphs, it’s on Notation Central.
Another method would be to create a custom playing technique using the quarter rest glyph.
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Thank you very much, the first solution works fine!
I would instead recommend creating a new custom chord symbol (now possible in Dorico 6) that uses the rest glyph. This way it will automatically align with the other chords, unlike playing techniques or staff text.
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That’s also very neat! 
Thank you Stu_M, that indeed would be a better (I agree: very neat 
) solution.
I tried to discover how to achieve this – but then I failed.
Might someone please tell me where to find instructions how to create a new custom chord symbol? And then also: how to copy a rest glyph from another font?
Thank you very much!
Of course N.C. already exists.
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Hello Derrek, I am Dutch-speaking, English is to me a foreign language — I am afraid I do not understand the meaning of N.C. and the meaning of your remark.
No chord or non-chord, I guess.
Jesper
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N.C. = no chord.
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That is interesting, because Dorico seems to reject not-existing chords when I try to input them?
You can either type nc or n.c., it works. Using Dorico Pro 6.1.0.
Thank you all for thinking and contributing!!!
So we have a collection of three solutions, and the way how to act for the last one!
Walter.
Or no chord, or none 
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Thank you Ton! That makes it complete.