How to Play The Ghost of Tom Joad, by Bruce Springsteen 

That's such a nice comment to read. Thank you for sharing that Karin!

You just made my day Janine. Best comment ever! Thank you so much.

Music is such good medicine ...thank you for answering in such a delightful way. Keep on playing and cheering up folks to "get going ! "

That's really good to hear Brian! Thanks for your feedback. I really appreciate it.

Very kind of you to say so Peter. Thank you!

Have fun!

Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated!

Glad it was helpful!

Great! Thanks for the feedback!

You're very welcome Jack!

Thanks Thom!

Glad to help Ray. Have fun with it!

Thank you Welshman! Much appreciated!

Thank you for your kind comment.

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My pleasure!

Thanks Frank. I should get on that. I actually haven't got the software installed, though I do have a licence. It's a skill I should work on. Thanks for the reminder.

Thanks!

Yep, I have it here. Thank you for asking! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OS8AyqVulV4.html

Hi, it's a Line6 wireless XDV75HS with the headset. I got it for the caller in the wedding band I used to play with so that she could be down on the dance floor teaching the country dances. I actually haven't used it in a few years, even though it's still wired into my mixer beside my desk. It could work for your application, but I'd personally just go with a Shure SM58 for reasons of mic technique if nothing else.

Thanks. Yeah, I know, I know. I'm gonna have to figure out how to tab stuff and get on that!

Ah yes, tabs. I did play around with some software and learn how to do it, but it's such a laborious process. Once I get some paying students back I'll start getting more proficient with the software. Thank you for your kind comment.

Barring just takes practice, but there are some techniques that will make it a little easier. You could just play the short F on the top four strings to get your going.The biggest tip would be to make sure that your guitar is set up correctly, If the strings are too high from the fingerboard at the nut, it can make barring much more difficult than it needs to be.

The change does sound so pretty though.

Actually there are three bars of 4/4 followed by one bar of 3/4. This thing goes on and on along the song without any skip or interruption, as in pure maths. It was driving me nuts!

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Here you go! www.patreon.com/posts/how-i-play-ghost-73221487

Just saw this. Thank you so much! 🙏🏽 Happy New Year and enjoy your coffee! ☕️

@@My-Channel_forever Coffeeeee! Thanks so much!

Thank you! It's built by the late Heiner Dreizehnter, a German luthier who died a few years ago. It's a Model A style and is made of Tasmanian blackwood. It's my favourite guitar.

Thanks for the feedback Jean Luc. I have another two that I play from the same album as Tom Joad and would love to do a tutorial on them. I'm busy until the second week in October, but I do have more tutorials on my list of things to do when I quit my day job. Watch this space!

@@AcousticGuitarIO and I like your interpretation of ghost of tom joad. Very nice. Jean Luc from France

I've since published a video on Straight Time from the same album. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7u9GReNvPxU.html

Hi Ethan, you're right, it's a little confusing. I guess I don't play that note the same consistently. You can either play it after the index finger note as you suggest, or after the ring finger note. If I play it after the index finger note, then there's a longer pause between the thumbpicked note and the index note, so that thumb-index has the same duration as thumb-index-ring. I guess it's become a feel thing for me. It's easier to play it than it is to explain it!

It was built by german luthier Heiner Dreizehnter. He died in 2016. I bought it in 2005 after having seen it at the Open Strings festival in Osnabrueck Germany. I didn't buy it when I first saw it and it haunted me for a few months. Luckily for me Heiner hadn't sold it during those few haunted month! It's my #1 guitar.

Working on it now. Email me at cams@acousticguitar.io and I'll reply with the tab when it's done.

Working on it now. Should be done by tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder!

I'm sorry you found it useless. Would you like a refund?

@@AcousticGuitarIO Awesome reply!