Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff
In 1977, San Francisco band Journey were at a transitional point in their career. After three albums, no breakthrough success had yet come. The band, which previously hadn't had a bona fide frontman, then added lead vocalist Robert Fleischman and opted for a more commercial sound. But the new vocalist's stay in the band would turn out to be relatively brief. Within a year he had been replaced by vocalist Steve Perry.With the addition of Perry, Journey found the winning combination they had been looking for. Their fourth studio album, Infinity (1978), was a huge hit, achieving triple platinum status in the US. The first single, "Wheel In the Sky", proved to be Fleischman's most notable legacy to Journey; he had written the song with guitarist Neal Schon and bassist Ross Valory during his tenure in the band. "Wheel" reached #57 on the Billboard chart, and Journey went on to have eighteen Top 40 singles, ten of them being Top 10 Hits.
Tabbed here is the Intro. One playing note regarding the final four bars: This part consists of a combination of a strummed D5 chord and individually played bass notes. The most efficient way to play this part is to fret the D5 chord with your index and ring fingers, and fret the bass notes with your middle finger. By using this fingering, you can continue to hold the chord while playing the bass notes.
JOURNEY - "Wheel In the Sky" (N. Schon/R. Valory/R. Fleischman)
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/varriffs.txt
Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odaxks_ihYg
Live version with a good view of Neal Schon playing this Intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_izfiVS-sXM
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Updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 5:24 PM EST
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Updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 5:24 PM EST
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