Matt is a gifted teacher and an amazing human being!

Matt’s got an awesome, genuine and authentic style. Makes learning easy and fun.

Matt is an unusually gifted instructor because he sees the forest and the trees and can explain them both-the big picture and the details. Fantastic!

Matt of all the choices we have here, you are one of my favorites..., i really enjoy your method of teaching...not everyone has an ability to teach. You do. i know everyone has already said it below but i hope you'll know...., i appreciate it, thank you Matt

Hey Matt that was the best example of this Travis picking I’ve come across. I looked all over and your method and explanations are so clear and easy. Please do more as this Guy is hungry to learn. Many thanks .

Matt Smith your teaching method and ability is astounding! This is the best Travis picking video I've seen and I've seen plenty. Thank you so much for all your videos.

best guitar teacher on YT! Very clear and concise. no war stories. A+++++++++

Matt, this is the best demo of finger picking, Travis or otherwise, that I have seen. You are clear and smooth in your delivery without showboating... Thank you!

Now that's how to spend 9 minutes of your musical education. Thoughtful, concise, important and practical all in one well spoken lesson. Thank you good sir!

I love Matt because I not only get amazing guitar instructions but I get math lesson, today I learnt that my right hand is 50% of my available hands. I learnt the Latin names for my fingers. Thank you Matthew

Finally someone who really breaks it down slowly and explains everything :-) Thank you Sir ❤🎸👏👏👏

this guys has an incredible teaching gift.....unassuming authority....wish he was around 35 yrs ago....teaching that is....

I see people saying in loads of Travis picking lessons that it's the best one. Well this is definitely the best one I've seen, explain the two 'feels' is genius. I salute you sir!

You Sir are a master instructor that can truly get across the message. So many try to teach but you for certain succeed at it. Thank you for your time.

So clear that even a Thai guy like me can get it , thanks a lot, Matt.

Very nicely explained and demo-ed ~Thank You

One of your classes chimes on my phone and, whenever possible, I drop what I'm doing and give it a listen. Later, the guitar comes out. I expect many do the same and we are always very grateful to you. Always.

Fabulous teaching Matt!

This is exactly what I have been looking for, and Matt is explains things so well. Thanks Matt!!!

The best Travis picking lesson! Thanks a lot!

Great lesson, straight to the point, clearly explained. Cheers Matt you've got my subscription.

Greetings from Frisco Texas! Good lesson - clearly explained and easy to follow. Thank Matt!

Amazing! I've been Travis picking for about a year and a half and had never heard anyone explain the 1 2+3+4+ method which explains why when i play "Dust in the Wind" I would never sound right no matter how I played which was more of a 1+2+3+4. Thank you and keep up the great work.

Pretty sure there's a regulation somewhere that says when possible Travis picking is to be done on a Martin. My dad did it on a 12 string for 40+ years ;-)

My favorite travis lesson so far

You are SO damned good, Matt!

Thank you! Very helpful: nice pace, calm delivery, and efficient.

Excellent tuition. Thank you sir. 🙏

WELL DONE Matt Smith, a very clear explanation.

This video finally got made it click for me, appreciate this video man

Thanks Matt for the lesson and clarification. Keep those lessons coming👍

Great lesson, really simplified Travis picking, great instruction.

What a great teacher!

Thank you matt, i really enjoyed this video, thanks for going slow and explaining step by step, look forwrad to learning more from your videos

I love learning from Matt Smith. He has such a warm personality.

Hi Matt I have a hard time with muting strings. I am just stuck and I can’t find my angles. Do you think you can talk a little about how exactly to position finger tips and where exactly on the tips I should be to reduce my muting please it would be so helpful to see a zoom in shot of your finger tips too 🙏🏼

Thanks so much I've looked high and low for a decent lesson on TRAVIS PICKING that was made an explained so EASY. I SUBSCRIBED and LIKED.

Thank you, very straightforward and sensible instruction with a little music theory thrown in!

I must really wish you were that Smith from Poison😎🎶great video

Excellent lesson thanks for sharing your skill

I really liked that. I’ve been working my way through the videos on KZfaq and they all have something to offer but this seems clearer somehow. Mind you,it is day 2 and I’m getting better.

Great lesson, just what the doctor ordered, many thanks Matt.

Matt..... love your great vibe

Great lesson! Well explained, so that even I could understand it. Thanks.

Thanks Matt .

Matt, I’m 75 and recently took up the guitar again after a 40-year lay-off. I’m determined to learn this picking pattern and I have a question - are you using the fingernails of your 1st and middle finger, or the fleshy part of the fingertip to pluck the string? I don’t like the sound when I catch a nail on a string; it’s in sharp contrast to the soft sound of the thumb’s bass notes. Do you keep your right-hand fingernails short to avoid a nail catching the string, or do you play those treble notes with your fingernails? Thanks for your help, and for the great videos! 👍

Thank you so much. You have a great way of teaching...informative & relaxing. I feel good knowing "I can do this"

Excellent instruction. Thanks , because of this I feel like maybe it IS possible for me to play .

Good on you buddy, I enjoyed that👍

Thanks Matt. Great lesson.

Thiis was such a great lesson that I had to subscribe! Thanks Matt!

Couldn't have made this any more clear. Great lesson

This is great! Thank you

Thanks that was very helpful I am totally a beginner

Sooooo simply and clearly explained. Thank you Matt.

The guitar is a 1935 Martin D-18!

Thanks for your help!!

Thank you so much from Germany. I think I finally got it

Fabulous presentation Matt, thank you so much for these generous explanations. Interesting to see you also have “Instrument Acquisition Virus”. May the chords be with you.

Swing feel = David Lee Roth on Happy Trails, boom-ba-dee-da, boom-ba-dee-da

LOVE me some Matt Smith! Ty

Thanks grateful for the lesson one of the best available.

Mahalo Matt. I hope I get to meet you some day and maybe even learn/ play at The Six String Ranch.

Great lesson. Do you have tab for this? Is the 1 always played with two strings?

Best guitar teacher around!!!

I connected, love your teaching skills. Much thanks. Subbed

thank you for this!!!

great job 👏

best explanation I've seen. think i'll try it. Anybody from Austin would know. subscribed

Wonderful!

Legend

Thank you Mr Smith.

Good lesson!!!

Excellent

Hi Matt --do you have any TAB for your great picking pattern ?

Great lesson, thanks, Matt. PDFs would have been a great help, I had to keep pausing and rewinding to write everything down.

lovinit....just subscibed

Coolest teacher on the interwebs!

Merry X-mas :)

great lesson Matt!

I understand these paterns and i do them pretty well. How to i pick a melody like wild wood flower over this. I can travis pick over the chords but i caint pick the tune help

Extremely helpful. Thank you very much

Brilliant :-)

Great video well explained

Fretting hand and picking hand

Hello Matt I would like to thank very much you for your beautiful work , so inspiring . I do like very much the intro you play at the beginning of this lesson , would you be able to provide me with the tabs ? Thank you for your time and kindness

Wow!

You look so different in Dr Who

Hey,Matt...can you show us some more 2-string harmonics that work well with travis fingerpicking style;like Amy, or Alices Restaurant? 'preciate it

good lesson mate

thank you!

Oh hello, I didn’t see you come in..

What is the guitar that you have in this video?

Great lesson! Thanks.

It's very difficult for me to remember the order after studying several times. It's too quick and a visual aid would help. I am in England desperate to practice the pattern but cant clearly get the pattern Seems to vary between the different teachers on youtube.

I'm trying to get it. The Taylor's going in the pool.

Too quick from the start I think.

A certain age, HA I'm old.

too confusing without tabs

I love your videos but why can’t we ditch the Latin? Is it only for doctors? Maybe THAT’s why my pickin’ is so sloppy? Lol By the way, your the only teacher that I know that addresses that “swishy” sound because your (mine) fingers are hitting the string on a slant! I’m doomed! Thank you! It’s not just in my mind. Lol