Christian's the G! spitting fire with the bow even after walking 30 choruses at the tempo, probably the best Jazz Bassist of Modern times.

I have never felt anything more relatable than “NO I DON’T WANT ONE!” Great lesson!

Christian is my absolute favorit-amazing player,witty, unreal improviser

I'm not even a bass player, this is just really entertaining.

Mr McBride is swinging like hell just the way he talks already! Truly amazing guy!

Another magnificent instructional video from Christian. So informative. Check it out you bass players. So much valuable information here and it's presented so very well in such a clear, precise and entertaining manner. Remembering Christian's tour to Australia (down under) 2013, with his fantastic trio will always be remembered so very fondly.!

I would vote Mr. McBride the coolest man on planet Earth right now. By far. Not only a genius of the BASS but a super cool and friendly soul.

I'd love to see Christian make a new Arco video now that's done that album with Edgar. That had't've been transformative. Talk about the GOATs

Nice! Mr.McBride

Just great! Thank you Christian!

Chris got the swag

Thanks for the video!

Mr. PC was also Mr. Unconventional. One of the very best, that's for sure. And NHOP would have loved how you did Lover.

Thanks Christian!!!

Thank you, Maestro. I really appreciate your humility while lightin that bass up. I’m just working up the bow and this was really insightful

Thanks for posting.

Brilliant and to the point..the best point.

If he could give a lesson on how he's playing Lover would be awesome! He is swinging even in his telling us of his exhaustion of playing. Brilliant! Great swing, Christian...Masterful!

That's hysterical - I don't know anyone else who has that physical capability.

Skills.... wow.... amazing

Outstanding..

If you want to develop jazz phrasing with the bow, you can't do better than the famous Kreutzer etude (No. 1 in the International Music edition of 18 Kreutzer Studies for String Bass. All of the bowings supplied are beneficial, but my favorite and the one that helped me most is one I added: down bow one, slur two, down-up, slur two, up-down, slur two, etc. If you don't know the etude, then learn it with all separate bows first. Then tackle additional bowings.

Been teaching since CCP and All-City!! Thanks for teaching me my first improve! GHS231!

Masterful

Glen Moore told me this same thing. He played crazy fast tempos working with Ted Curson, and picking up the stick for solos was a survival tool.

This is going to be the bowing equivalent of Victor Wooten’s double thumb tutorial

Many Stars

Paul would be proud of you dude.

I wanna like it twice

Damn! Didn't expect to hear scheherazade from mr mcbride. Nice!

thank's !

Beast

I play piano, but this was so interesting for some reason

Boss!

Still sounds great when you hold the French bow like a German bow!

incroyable. Mr. Bride

Hmmmm. This could be my solution to the synth bass sound l hear in my head. A sound l can not find on any pedal. I'll try setting up one of my five strings for some bow action🤔. Uprights are scary for me but the tone is magical and with a bow! Wow. Thanks Mr. McBride! Instructional and entertaining!

Man, you are a cool cat!! ❤👏🏻🙏🏻

It's funny he mentioned the bow, in 1975 I tried a playing violin a coworker had for sale, I am a bass player, I tried playing it and it was so bad I gave up, it was worse than sawing through a tooth. I have since learned much more. Still play my fretless bass and fretted bass.

The way you play have you tried an 18th c snakewood violone or viola bastarda bow? That might suit your demand on elegant dexterity.

The German bow is more common in the United States, but the French bow is more common in the UK.

Im lucky enough to be playing on slam Stewart’s bass now in my jazz band at BU. I still can’t bow for shit hahaha

Deo gratias

Hey guys, that song Lover, who's the author?

tempo 330 ?, 45 mn ?? I can't do that even 5 mn ! Thank you for the explanations ! The bow as a solution in jazz, I would never have thought that !.... I've set the bar high now ! What you do with the bow, even your "tat da da, da da !", how amazing ! Thanks

Like Paul Chambers

Which strings is he using?

man that walking on Lover is insane.... and then the bowing started

Your wrist is locked with the German. String crossings with the Butcher bow are the killer when trying to bop with the stick, endurance with the French. I started with the German and switched over, for the tone and nimbleness of the French. German is a better artillery weapon, though, hands-down.

How much rosin do you use..I have Pops on Spiros and it the bow never really bites into the strings...

Ive never seen anyone in my state play German bow hold.

I was wondering, Which mic is that big big diaphragm ?

That hat suits Christian McBride to a T

What's the point of trying to play a French bow German style? Might as well get a German bow, learn how to play it. French bow is easier and in my opinion feels a lot more comfortable with that overhand style grip. Paul Chambers was an excellent German bow bassist.

That arco playing🤦🏼‍♂️, 🧼 🧽 that up...

This is supposed to be a teaser for an instructional video. Watching Chris McBride telling stories and showing off his (prodigious) chops is highly entertaining, but the educational value is really zero. The potential viewer of the instructional video should get some feeling the he/she is likely to learn something, but if the content of the video is similar to the teaser, this does not look promising. If I want to be entertained by Chris McBride, I'd rather go to one of his concerts. If I want to learn about jazz bowing, I'd rather check a top notch pedagogue like John Clayton or John Goldsby.