Thanks Stringy and Abitrusty for listening and all your motivation !! 

I’m mostly practicing Amazing Grace for fourth finger and vibrato occasionally on the c#. I have noticed my 4th finger doesn’t snap back anymore which is progress but what I am struggling with is the curve and the first knuckle collapsing. If I practice slowly it doesn’t happen but if I add other notes I find it goes back to collapsing . I’m thinking keep practicing slowly and whatever I do, keep the curve !

Ah thank you Mouse !! Onwards and upwards.. it’s kinda nice to practice without the bow and whenever o practice my fourth finger I practice vibrato too. 

I am, thanks Emily ! We are in Holland it’s an amazing holiday ! Totally recommend having an electric bike !

I am trying all the time to memorise things and I reckon I could really do it.. what seems to happen is a remember phrases from a piece.. need to work on putting them together ! 👍

I had a pretty good practice session this morn ( no work today wooo). I took a video a few days ago of me playing Amazing Grace with some vibrato thrown in here and there. I was trying to work out why I’m still struggling so much with my fourth finger and realised how far away it is from the finger board ! It should just drop down onto the string in the right place ! That got me thinking about the form of my left hand and how my fingers in general don’t really just drop onto the string . So I started to concentrate on the form and just hovering above the stings even without the bow. Also engaging the elbow more . I think it’s making a difference in my playing already.  I’m concentrating on the first few lines of Wolfhart just concentrating on keeping the fingers hovering and the elbow doing its bit. 

I also noticed I’m not stretching for the 4th finger as much as I used to and that my fourth finger doesn’t snap back like it used to. I still have the collapsing knuckling problem eeek.

Another thing I’ve been doing is practicing b, e, b, on the a string .. this is stretching my hand and which is good!

I’m determined to get a decent left hand and fourth finger !!

I have had a RIGHT day of it today with my violin !!!! Arghhhhhhhh!!! it’s been really up and down ! One good thing is I have started to rest my violin scroll on my metronome which is the perfect height to give support when practicing vibrato!! I think that’s really going to help me ! Actually it already is helping me so that’s fab ! 

But one thing that has been driving me insane on and off today is trying to work out the actual direction of the finger when vibrating . I think I’ve sussed it out .. I’ve tried to draw it below 😬 sorry it looks like a kid has done it . Is this right ?! There are loads of videos on vibrato but I can’t find one that actually talks about the direction of the finger on the string …..