Monroe Style Master: David McLaughlin

For mandolin players looking to deepen and polish their Monroe-style playing, this collection offers an incredible opportunity to study one of the finest practitioners of the style up close. Inside, you’ll find a beautifully organized, alphabetized library of 473 videos featuring 136 songs and tunes—many drawn from Bill Monroe’s catalogue, along with plenty of jam-session standards and bluegrass classics.

In select videos, David talks through his approach and musical process, but the real treasure is the close-up access to his playing. You can clearly study both his right and left hands as he performs on his famous 1923 Gibson Lloyd Loar F-5 mandolin, as well as his new Apitius Jazz Club model.

Across the collection, you’ll hear a wide range of tempos, feels, phrasing choices, and approaches to the melody. Watch closely and you’ll begin to recognize countless modular Monroe devices - the small, reusable musical ideas David weaves effortlessly in and out of the melody while maintaining extraordinary timing, precision, and drive.

David represents a gold standard for clean, authentic Monroe-style mandolin. His pickin' is remarkably efficient, fluid, and economical, making these videos especially valuable for players who want to study not only what he plays, but how he physically executes it.

This is the kind of collection you can return to for years, a lifetime resource for sharpening your technique, expanding your Monroe vocabulary, and discovering new possibilities every time you pick up the mandolin.