“I should try and practice more”, ran through my head as I attempted to play a study intended to be played in third position throughout. Admittedly, the week since my previous violin lesson had been rather hectic and short of practicing time, but as my violin teacher says, even just ten minutes a day is useful. Saying that, it might take a while to get used to playing in third position, let alone playing anything which requires shifting position a lot! I did seem to spend a lot of time concentrating on what I was doing, instead of concentrating on the sound I was making. The finger work might’ve been correct, I’m not sure the intonation was though…