Through the Fire and Flames....

So Snellstedt (aka Nomindo) made a post in our clan forum about how he finally learned to beat the intro to Through the Fire and Flames from GH3 on Expert mode.  Not only did he do that, but he made it over 50% through the song.  I was inspired.  I never really gave the intro a serious try, I just laughed at it as I failed in 3 seconds.  So after about 15 times of running through the intro in practice and failing it 20 times in Career Mode, I finally found a method that worked for the intro.  I hold down the first key (green) with my thumb at all times and strum each other note to get the hammer on/pull off.  It's not the best way, but I did nail a streak during the intro a few times.  After that, I made it to 48% of the song.  The following night, I gave it another shot, and made it farther than ever before:

73%  WOOT!  My goal is to be able just to finish the dang song on Expert, there is no way I'll ever be able to 5 star it.  After that, it is on to Raining Blood.....BLECH!!