the best way to get the feel of a horn pipe is to go out on the open sea and feel the rolling of the waves--that is what is involved here--the feel of the thing!! that dotted note is like an accent mark--BUMP-da, BUMP-da. It is a pity that sonme folks smoothe it out and play it like a reel-there are plenty of reels or as in the song Maire's Wedding--plenty ale and plenty meal, plenty toes to tap and reel?? or something like that...