1. Start slow: most important, how you play slow is how you will play fast

2. Use a metronome correctly: Chart your progress, play your scales on 8th notes, triplets, and then 16th notes

3. Stretch: run your hands over some warm water, before you start to exercise


4. Exercise: 1234 up and down the fretboard at least 10 minutes a day, with the metronome on 16th, start slow, then 1324. then 1423


5. Learn how to legato: Speed on the guitar is 99 % illusion. Learn this technique.


6. Build Stamina: no one wants a one minute man. Practice, and remember the best thing you can do is take a day off.

7. Exercise: Fingertip pushups, at least 10 a day.

8. Patience: Speed comes in time, one day it will all just click.

9. Dedication: Set a time 15 minutes a day for 4 days is better than 3 hours one day a week.

10. Speed Kills: Any Pain, stop and make sure your thunb is in the correct position, and of course RELAX RELAX RELAX.