+ extract_grob_set (me, "note-columns", columns);
+ bool equally_long = false;
+ Grob *par_beam = parallel_beam (me, columns, &equally_long);
+
+ bool bracket_visibility = !(par_beam && equally_long);
+ /*
+ Fixme: the type of this prop is sucky.
+ */
+ SCM bracket = me->get_property ("bracket-visibility");
+ if (scm_is_bool (bracket))
+ bracket_visibility = ly_scm2bool (bracket);
+ else if (bracket == ly_symbol2scm ("if-no-beam"))
+ bracket_visibility = !par_beam;