G.H. 1.6

I did not make to much progress this week on the violin. I put off practicing a lot and I feel really bad about it, so next week I'll practice a lot more. In the little practice I did do, I sort of figured out a cheat way to do a vibrato. It's not the correct way to do it, and  it doesn't sound as nice as a real vibrato, but the slight variation in pitch is definitely there. Hopefully I can figure out how to do a real one sometime soon.
As far as the music I'm learning is going, it's slow progress." Hedwig's Theme" is going a little better then "A Thousand Years". I still struggle on the notes and and bowing of '"A Thousand years", but "Hedwig's Theme" is sounding a lot smoother and is really starting to come together. It still doesn't sound as good as I want it to, but it is sounding better. I'm going to be working on "A Thousand Years" a lot more this week, so I can get it to sound a little more smoother.

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