The cross over bowings are pretty tricky. I noticed you had a few in the bile em cabbage down pieces. I have to build pinky strength. and finger dexterity.

Fiddlerman said
You can do anything if you do it slow enough right? If so, do it at the tempo that you can do it no matter how slow. Do it 100, 200, 1000 times. Whatever it takes, until it starts to feel right, then you increase the tempo with baby steps.

My problem is the reach over and dodging the reached over string, maintaining the notes and bowing at the same time. Isnt it 10,000 times to learn something? ha ha! I feel like I have to either tip over the fiddle or swing my elbow under way far to reach. for instance the D and F double stop. D with the pinky on the g string and traditional F posistion finger 2. Its also very hard to curve the pinky. But I am still working on it.

Fiddlerman said
Sounds like you know exactly what you are doing. Perhaps this would be a reason for angling the violin slightly more clockwise to reach. Also some slight careful stretching to get the arm under comfortably and the fingers round.
Sounds to me like you are on the completely right track though.

thanks, to a certain point I know what I must do. But I have had to read alot, watch alot of vids and figure things out so they make sense. There are alot of "gaps" in self teaching books that I think experienced players take for granted. My guitar philosophy has sort of taken hold of my violin philosophy. Do what it takes to make the note, its your style, no rules. Since I started keeping a practice journal a week ago or so, I have noticed more focus on my specific, shall we say playing foibles. My intonation and accuracy has improved most of all. Sometimes its more comfortable to lean the fiddle over more like when I am practicing Soldiers Joy now and also Bile em Cabbage down. I am trying to solidify in my habits a posistion that meets all my playing needs. There probably isnt one. But it is the only way to reach over to the G string without hurting my elbow. Pushing it that far under felt really wierd. I practiced an hour last night and my bicept and shoulder muscle were getting sore.