EVERYBODY plays in 7th position!  (tsk,tsk)  but you are forgiven and doing awesome otherwise.  (My violin doesn't go as high as 7th position.  I bought the economy model.)

Impressive.

I just looked at your previous post and, in particular, the reply from FM.  I had to smile  because  I had the same feeling when I first listened to your "7th position" video.

The smile is that it is necessary to actually listen to intonation but you do hear it at the same time.  I guess that the right word is "focus".  Good intonation will not happen by itself and sometimes I have to struggle on a note-to-note basis for rough passages.  And yes, that can actually be a distraction if I'm also trying some fancy bowing for instance.  That makes the violin a true multi-tasking device!

MadBill

Take heart.   Anything over 5th position is really flute music.

Hurton said

I`ve read somewhere that, in general, 10 000 hours of practise a person need to be a really good player)  
My goodness, 10000 hours to be a good player? If I practice 30 minutes daily (on average) that is 182.5 hours for a year, and 10000/182.5=54.79 years! With my age and plus my aging fingers, joints, response, mind, memory, my famous super short pinky, ... I am in great disadvantages and I will never be a good player! But at least I could jam with one year olds:) (My best jam experience! One year olds play toy banjo, egg shakers, maracas, drums, rain sticks, etc. and I play my violin or whatever else instruments I play.)

Any way, great attempt! But relax like FM said. I always tensed up, too (my colleagues took picture of me even when I played for one year olds, I was tense) and my teacher always has to tell me. "smile." (when you are relax, I bet you can play the 16th notes even faster and better.)

My teacher's advice, "If you can't play it right at slow tempo then you can't play it right at the right (fast) tempo" so go slow, fix all the places that need to be fixed (intonation, fingering, bow techniques, relaxation, etc.) then work on playing at the right tempo.

Keep up your great work!

Fiddlerman said

I don't agree with those numbers. I've heard players, usually kids, that have only played for a few short years and sound fantastic. Granted they usually can't play Paganini great but they can play easier music and sound great. I've even heard adult players who can play beautiful melodies with tons of control, phrasing and beauty after only a few years. Some players, and even proof of it here on the forum, can sound good after weeks or months of playing.

FM, I am glad that you don't agree with those numbers, because that means I still have hope to be a good (enough) player -- to my own standard, not good like professional violinists such as Joshua bell, sarah chang, fm, etc, but good enough to pick up a piece of music that I like and be able to play it after a few (hours, weeks, months) practice.

I remembered my teacher said adult could pick up a violin and progress faster than young children because of their mental level, etc., however, there are things that young children could do better than adults. I think as an adult, I only want to learn enough to be a "good" player and there are a lot more things in my life that require my attention, etc., and a young child has less limitation (like adult - muscles not used for violin playing, losing flexibility, etc.) more flexibility, potential, developing muscle, that allow them to do things that I can't do. Take my daughter for example, her muscle memory is much better than mine - string crossing - I still hit strings that I don't mean to hit, whereas my daughter plays cleanly.