Travis Picking | Dust in the Wind 

Finally a guitar teacher with the correct camera angles to easily see what fingers are hitting which strings.

Inspired me I was informed yesterday that I'll probably check out between 2 ~ 6 months thanks to kidney cancer After watching the complete video 📹 I just set a goal for myself to be able to correctly play this at speed on video for my family in 3 different sets 6 string guitar 12 string guitar 11 string lute Amazing lesson 👏 thanks

Why isn’t everyone teaching like this? Thank you so much! So much easier to follow ❤

This is how you teach guitar to people. You have just got another student. Thanks so much.

you are the first person online that knows the right way how to teach!... you just understand the people in front of you, by making an extra effort and showing a different camera angles, explaining every little move!... I already know how to play this one, but very impressed of your method!... THANK YOU!!!

Thank you so much! I can't understand why more people can't present like this! So much easier to understand for a beginner.

Dust In the Wind is one of the all time iconic songs and listening to you play it at different speeds (or whatever it’s called) was most enjoyable.

Brilliant close- up camera work ---should be compulsory on all teaching videos!

Mate, your camera angle and explanation is Excellent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks for your efforts 👌

This is the best lesson on Travis Picking I've seen on RU-vid.

How incredibly smart to use that camera angle!!! That is so very helpful! I’ve always had a hard time Travis picking. I believe I’ll be able to get it now. You Sir, are an outstanding teacher, thank you so very much! 😎👍🎸

I finally found the right guy to help me learn this song...Thank You!

What an excellent guitar lesson - close up camera angles I've never seen before and play along speeds from slow to fast, beginning to end, and all with a metronome background - fantastic Tristan, thankyou so much.

Your right hand is my left hand and your left hand is my right hand! Fretting hand and plucking hand!!!thanks for the lesson it’s a great lesson and your playing is great!!!

Thanks so much. I’ve been working on Travis Picking for about a year now. This really is a simple, but effective song to do Travis Picking. I had tremors in both hands, but I had a new procedure called focused ultrasound which seared a specific point in the brain and now my left hand is tremor free and I can deal with the right hand so I’m able to play again. This song is great therapy.

THE BEST yet for a total beginner never picking up a guitar. The angle and repeats, the rest on RU-vid says beginner but they are all rock stars, 800 mph can’t even understand.thank you for this.

It seems I've been trying to learn Travis picking from YT different 'instructors' for a while now. I don't need a history lesson on who invented Travis picking, or trying to be funny or entertaining. What I need is to actually see what the picking fingers are doing relative to the neck hand position. Your camera angles and style of teaching are the best I've found so far. So, I thank you for that!

Wow,great lesson. Not just the clear progression, but also really well thought out camera angles. Refreshing to see a lesson where the focus is entirely on the guitar lesson and less on self promotion. New fan right here!

Great camera angles .. everything is super clear to understand.. Although I play . Several styles . And always favored Bluegrass. I recently came back to Bluegrass a d at the age of 65 , learned how to flatpick. But never properly learned the Merle Travis roll .. Now at 66 ..I finally will . Never too old to learn Folks .

Finally you can see where the fingers are exactly. And you explained it well. ❤️

Thanks much Tristan.... Your teaching method and the angled video to show all is just Great... And Thank you for taking the time and patience to help us beginners.... I hope you will continue to produce videos to help others, like myself, get started into Travis Picking... Thanks again...

Your video tutorial is the finest on line guitar instructional I have ever come across..Thankyou.

One of the best guitar lessons I have ever followed. Time well spent. You have a gift for teaching. Thank you! I love how you said something to the effect we are on this together.

Teaching is a skill, it's not about how much information is being given but how much is being understood. This explains why there are so many teachers but only a few skilled unique teachers. Thank you sir for being inspiring and helping others to learn about one of the musical legends.

Indeed you are one of the best guitar teachers on U TUBE, BRAVO SIR!!!

Beautiful teaching. The camera angles are very helpful. Other teachers should take notice. Thanks for posting!

Excellent. Thank you for teaching this. Love the camera angles and your teaching style!

Seen several videos about this song/Travis picking, and this is by far the best! Great angle of the cam! Thank you!

Thanks a lot!!

This is the only video I’ve seen from your channel. Can’t believe how clear it is both in explanation and view of movement. Congrats.

I agree your method of teaching is perfect for beginners for which I still consider myself- playing at the guitar, on/off, here/there, for more than 40 yrs and as rigid as ever when attempting to learn new stuff. If Mr Rogers had taught guitar on channel 10 back in the day this is exactly how he would present- we'd be blessed to have more like him, like you. 24:36

Absolute best youtube tutorial for guitar that I've seen .. thanks so much for taking the time to share this.... It may take me years to perfect it, but you've given me the map.

Thank you mate! Just what I needed

thanks for the side view close-ups, really helps....

A clear & encouraging lesson. Thank you for sharing. Have a blessed day.

Simply beautiful! Very well presented and informative! This has to be the very best Travis picking lesson!

One of the best instructional videos I’ve ever seen. Well done. Thank you!

Hi thank you, you’ve made my day. I woke up and accidentally YT showed me your tutorial. It was really fun and it was super simple to follow your awesome instructions. Everyone shou follow you how to properly make finger picking tutorials. 6 hours later am on 192bpm. Thank you sir 👍🙏

Well done, son. I’ll be checking back with you now and then. Picker from the 80’s. Music made living fun. DKS!

I love the VIEW of your fingers on the said strings.

Thank you for this, Tristan! So well-done and thoughtful.

Thanks I found this to be the best lesson on Travis Picking! Especially for beginners. GREAT SONG❤

This the best video on here that covers this picking style. The camera positions and the uncluttered audio just right. Thanks.

Well, this will keep me busy for the next year. Great video, I've been looking this up and yours is the only one that shows clearly the strings and angle of the fingers.

Thank you so much for this lesson. I've had the sheet music for Dust in the Wind in my guitar case for 40 years and never could get the correct finger picking pattern to make it sound correct. I stopped playing 15 years ago when I could no longer see the sheet music from a distance. You've inspired me to re-learn the guitar and give it another try. My fingers are screaming already since the callouses are long gone but it will be good for me in the long run.

Great lesson. Love the camera angles.

Thank you for this. I have been practicing along with the video every day for almost a month. I still have to get faster, but I have made a lot of progress. Your teaching method is the best I have seen on RU-vid.

I appreciate the way you walk us through the process. It makes it easier to follow. Thank you

Beautiful song explained with most gifted clarity! Cheers !

This is near perfect instruction of the Travis style brilliant video.

Very good video man. Thank you so much. Great teaching skills

I’ve been playing for 30 years and never properly learned this song. It took two full days just to the beginning u we’re demonstrating! Great great video on the subject!! Ty for your efforts and sharing!!!!

Probably the best how to play song tutorial I've seen

This is a great example, been a strummer over 10 years and wanted to up my guitar play and you made it simple. Thank you for the change of my play.

What a great Lesson! So helpful & shocked myself being able to follow along! (well, at 60 that is ...) so Thank You!

Thank you so much. I've wanted to learn this for a long time. You're an excellent teacher 😊

THANK YOU! I finally feel inspired to learn a song and stay with it. I really appreciate the way you took the steps progressively and your encouragement along the way!

Outstanding!!

You Sir. Have got yourself a new subscriber! This was awesome! 🙏🙏

This is beyond awesome, and awesomely helpful! You, Sir, have a new subscriber!

Love and appreciate your Teaching Method !

Great breakdown! I’ve been playing this, almost correctly, for 10 years and now I’ve renewed my interest tremendously. Thank you and bravo.

Best tutorial for this song, thanks very much!! 😊🎸✨

Wow. So glad to find you and your teaching style! Looking forward to hearing and learning more PS. Thank you and love that beautiful guitar.

Thank you for the video 🎉 I’m excited to play dust in the wind 😊

You are the best on the net for teaching this piece.....

Yeah Man Great lesson.Show us excactly what is going on with patience for us learning this amazing song. Thanx from Amsterdam

Simply the best teacher - Great story telling too. Thank you so much AAG!

Great camera angle. Excellent explanation. Thank you

Great lesson.. Thank you so much... I'm excited to work on this..👍😀

Hi ! Just started guitar for 3 weeks now and I’m stuck at 138 but thanks to you i’ve been able to learn all of this so fast ! Thank you so much !

A very good Teacher ! Thank You

Tristan, you really leave no excuse for not practicing... what an excellent lesson, Thank you!

Congratulations! It's perfect way to teach, i see everything to learn very easy. Thanks!

Great lesson! I find the level of detail and close-up video very useful. And great takeaway tips between min 5-6: Listen to your wife Encourage your husband Enjoy creating music no matter your skill level 👏👏

Love your explaination. Thank you.

Fabulous. Great camera angles!!! Thank you!!!

Too sweet,,,,great teacher,,,great attitude, Fine presentation....

Good lesson Tristan. Been working on this pattern for a while and am starting to get it thanks to you.

Very well explained. love the angle so I can really see what strings thank you!

Fantastic lesson for us beginners of finger style

Awesome, this is excellent! Thank you so much!

More than an amazingly taught lesson. HOW i could find this after so many hears of trying to learn it. Tons of thanks

Wow, thanks for this upload! As a beginner on acoustic from many years of playing rock/metal on electric, I am finding it so very rewarding on actually learning the basic 12 chords and all I can do with them now as opposed to just bar and power chords. I have begun a tendency to just use my fingers on acoustic guitar because it just feels and sounds more natural to me. Plus it seems easier, and this lesson is a foundation for me to elevate my finger style of playing on guitar. I really just have to clan up the changes and picking, but because I learned all the chords by name, it makes it a little more feasible for me to learn and understand acoustic guitar and the potential in music it offers. Thank you!

Birds eye view. Very helpful.

Man! I wish I would have found your video sooner. I became very frustrated trying to figure it out myself and gave up on this a couple of years ago. Your video has given me a mental image that I think will make an enormous difference. Also the close ups showing hand and finger positions are going to be a huge for me. Thanks so very much!👍👍👍

Excellent tutorial! Your teaching styles are the very best I have come across!

you're such a great teacher.

Thank you! You are a very good teacher. Nice guitar.

Hey . I just turned my phone on and here you were working on one of my favorite songs . I bought a classical guitar about six months ago and have been working hard on these hard cords and is frustrating . But working with your simple great meted was really refreshing . I was playing along with you and this is my forth American song that I am plying specially with classical guitar sound interesting thank you so much and I am looking forward to do more work with you 🙏🏻🙏🏻

That was wonderful! I just started trying to learn the guitar about three weeks ago (I’m 63). The finger pattern you demonstrated seems easy to me but I’m thinking it’s because I took banjo lessons for a year when I was 20 so holding my hand the way you showed must have been imprinted on my 20 year old brain and is still stuck in there somewhere (in my now, old brain). - I love the way you filmed this so one can see exactly what you’re doing. I wish you would do more videos. Hint,hint…the Ah Ha song, “Take on me”.

Really great.

BEST EVER WAY TO TEACH IT! My ex played this all the time. He won in a jazz festival in high school.

One of my first songs I picked to learn (teaching myself)and I always thought I was doing it wrong! Now I know I was doing it right so I’m going back to it again.

You are a great teacher. Thank you!!

Awesome tutorial! I've been using the metronome and slowly practicing for months and it's almost second nature now. You have a talent for teaching that I haven't found elsewhere online. Any plans of releasing an instructional video on the rest of the song?

Hello Around!!!! Applause and more applause!!!! Your video lessons are excellent. Congratulations here from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thank you one more time. ❤❤❤❤

Outstanding training!

I subscibed to you because of the way you teach i have wanted to learn the Travis style for a long time . I will start practicing tomorrow

Excellent lesson! Really great, organized teaching style with clear, careful development that we can follow and learn from. Super camera angle on the strings. Thank you so much. I hope you are continuing to create lessons for us.