-Bar numbers may only be printed at bar lines; to print a bar
-number at the beginning of a piece, an empty bar line must be
-inserted there, and a value other than @code{1} must be placed
-in @code{currentBarNumber}:
-
-@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=1]
-\set Score.currentBarNumber = #50
-\bar ""
-c1 c c c
-c1 c c c
-\break
-@end lilypond
-