@WhaleMilk

I myself am a violinist actually, and am here to give you a few tips:

First of all, how you are doing vibrato is not, in fact, proper vibrato, so I would nip that bud as soon as possible before you get into a bad habit. Makes learning proper vibrato much easier

A lot of the issues you’re having with the bow, especially with it not running parallel to the bridge, is from the fact that your wrist stays straight when you play. In order for the bow to stay straight when you move your arm, you have to use your wrist to compensate. Look up videos of violinists to see how that do that. Their wrists are always moving

Something that will come with more playing is pressure with the bow. You already play bass so you should know how this goes, but a lot of the pressure balance that you need to keep a clean sound comes from your index finger on your bow hand. You actually had a pretty good bow grip at the start of the video, so focus on using your index to apply different amounts of pressure.

Don’t forget fine tuners exist. You aren’t playing bass, so you don’t need to use the pegs to tune. Makes tuning to the cent much easier because violin legs are super jerky and don’t have gears

As for pieces I’d recommend: “Meditation” from Thaïs is a great piece for both learning higher positions as well as vibrato. That’s actually how I learned vibrato personally.
You were playing a bit of Suzuki, and I would recommend continuing with it. I’m a little biased because I was trained on suzuki, but I really think it’s one of the best learning programs out there. It’s designed so well and there’s a reason it’s stood the test of time for so long.

But for this being the first 30 days of playing, it’s fucking solid. Fix some very small foundational issues with the bow and you’re solid

@MrGillyFish

Dude for a month, that's actually so impressive

@Boyjedi

Glad to see some of this violin playing paid off... hopefully I wil no longer hear this violin in calls 😭

@Celemimphar

So it looks like you are using the Suzuki method books and such. I took lessons for about 10 years using said method. I finished books 1 and 2, but then I turned 18 and my parents stopped paying for my lessons. I know and have played all the songs you played in this video, except for Spring by Vivaldi. You certainly learned the songs faster than anyone I know, but what you really need to work on is your form. The notes are regularly off, and the bow is all over the place. Try playing twinkle twinkle on just open strings and focus on getting the bow right, then lean more into precision with the fingers. When learning, we would have strips of tape to mark the proper finger placements. Do you know the proper stance? I assume you are sitting for most of this for recording purposes, but there is an actual way to stand if you want to try it. Keep it up, and I am sure you will be able to perform wonderfully (in like 5 years, less if you practice non-stop)!

@thecatladytm7172

I came from the minecraft social experiment video and did not expect to see this. As a violinist myself? Not bad. I'd say try experimenting with different bow positions and pressure, at first you played way to close to the frog probably bc of double bass habits, but then you started playing a bit too much towards the tip fir what you were playing. I've never played Spring before, but I can tell just by hearing recordings that it would probably be best to stay towards the balance point and bouce the bow to get the light and airy sound. 
But yo, I've only been playing for 7 years (never had a private teacher either, lol) so there's probably people with better advice elsewhere in this comment section. Enjoyed your video!

@Greentrees60

Violist here. Really excellent progress. For future, as lots of people said, you need to work on relaxing your right wrist - the pedal section of bach's first suite really taught me that (slur every 2 notes, you can play that bit on the violin). You are right, you need to not let your fourth finger kind of hang outside of the rest of your fingers. It will make your playing smoother and faster and prevent tension in the left hand. Looks like your bow angle isn't vertically perpendicular to the strings. This is sometimes an artistic decision, but you need to be able to control it, and it will help you with baroque strokes.

@nateb.4959

Also one thing that really helps with tone and intonation is to try to be on the tips of your fingers as much as possible. For speed try to keep your fingers as close to the fingerboard as possible.

@kristintripp967

You got great advice from Whale Milk, I would add that moving your left elbow “in” (as in closer to the camera) will make the lower strings easier to reach. 
Otherwise, yes, skip vibrato for now, it’s a whole different (harder) animal on violin and you should get intonation and all the other basics down before you attempt it. Work on that right wrist- Ray Chen gives the great advice to imagine you’re painting a wall with a paint brush, to understand the movement of the wrist. Scales, scales, scales, for 40 hours a day! ; )

And all that to say, your progress is enviable! Being an accomplished musician on other instruments has put you way ahead of the game as a beginner violinist. But be careful- I think that could also be to your detriment if you let it make you antsy to jump ahead, without putting in the time on the basics. 

Have fun! I’m subscribing in hopes of seeing future progress videos. : )

@TheDiamondCraft1

this isn’t violin related its nice to see many new people coming to the ish13c channel, from popularity, down to 500 views or less per video, to steadily growing back. good luck with the rest of youtube man and i hope the best for you

@mikaela5607

I'm really excited to see where you go with this!

@edwardblack5075

ish: 'this is a hard instrument' 
The wisest thing in the whole video, as a violinist myself I totally agree.

Also, some tips on how to take yourself to the next step in your journey of violin playing:
- as you asked, you should always keep your pinkie ABOVE the fingerboard- it gets really useful the higher your standard becomes
- don't start using vibrato until you have all the basic techniques mastered- what you were doing was not proper vibrato
- keep the wrist flexible so you can get your bow parallel to the bridge
- make sure that your violin is not angled downward- then the bow will creep up onto the fingerboard and it will get covered with rosin
- try not to touch the hair on the bow- if you touch it, then natural oils on your hand will mean that part of the bow will not make a sound
- your bow hold was really good, but keep the pinkie slightly closer to the rest of the hand, and make sure your index finger is on its side so you have more control over dynamics

Having said all of this, you are doing really well for 30 days, and I think you are nearly or fully Grade 1 standard- well done!

@roryreed9727

Insane man keep it up. You earned a sub. ( Not just cus of the violin but of every other vid :) )

@tareq__3164

you are really good for a guy who has been playing for one month

@xcaedes

Noice! It was cool to see your progress throughout this short but also not so short time! Very good work.

@climbrrr

I remember when I was young I played violin for a few years, maybe two years or three, but I was absolutely terrible and stopped as I sucked, but this.. like how- that’s amazing for only one month and when I was a kid, I don’t believe I could be that good.

@vivianniu3493

wait, 
IS ISH A TWOSETTER AS WELL

@starlight16-8

I wanna see a 1 year update now

@Z3rax3a

You have done the absolute opposite of what I've done.i went from violin to double bass

@JaidenMoment742

What, you uploaded this 20 minutes ago and only 10 views. This is so underrated

@Adrian_AdamViolonDiGerma-tm3nq

Keep your spirits up! You can do it!