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+\version "2.16.0"
+
+\header {
+ texidoc = "The @code{barNumberVisibility} property controls at what
+intervals bar numbers are printed.
+"
+}
+
+music = \relative c' {
+ \repeat unfold 3 { c2 \bar "" \break \repeat unfold 5 c2 }
+}
+
+{
+ \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #first-bar-number-invisible
+ \music
+}
+
+{
+ \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #all-bar-numbers-visible
+ \music
+}
+
+{
+ \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(every-nth-bar-number-visible 3)
+ \music
+}
+
+{
+ \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #(modulo-bar-number-visible 3 2)
+ \music
+}
+
+{
+ \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #first-bar-number-invisible-save-broken-bars
+ \music
+}
+
+{
+ \set Score.barNumberVisibility = #first-bar-number-invisible-and-no-parenthesized-bar-numbers
+ \music
+}