These are some practices to help build SPEED everyone should do these because they help stretch your fingers and build up speed and or w/e First Exersize: e|-----------------------------------------1-2-3-4------| B|---------------------------------1-2-3-4--------------| G|-------------------------1-2-3-4----------------------| D|-----------------1-2-3-4------------------------------| A|---------1-2-3-4--------------------------------------| E|-1-2-3-4----------------------------------------------| e|-4-3-2-1----------------------------------------------| B|---------4-3-2-1--------------------------------------| G|-----------------4-3-2-1------------------------------| D|-------------------------4-3-2-1----------------------| A|---------------------------------4-3-2-1--------------| E|-----------------------------------------4-3-2-1------| keep moving up the strings to a higher pitch and do it until the 14th fret Second Exersize: string skipping e|----------------------------------------------1-2-3-4| B|---------------------------------------1-2-3-4-------| G|------------------------1-2-3-4----------------------| D|--------1-2-3-4-----------------1-2-3-4--------------| A|----------------1-2-3-4------------------------------| E|1-2-3-4----------------------------------------------| e|4-3-2-1----------------------------------------------| B|----------------4-3-2-1------------------------------| G|--------4-3-2-1-----------------4-3-2-1--------------| D|------------------------4-3-2-1----------------------| A|----------------------------------------4-3-2-1------| E|----------------------------------------------4-3-2-1| Third Exersize: Skipping the Whole neck and advancing towards middle e|---------1-2-3-4-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------1-2-3-4---------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------1-2-3-4-----------| D|---------------------------------1-2-3-4-------------------| A|-----------------1-2-3-4-----------------------------------| E|-1-2-3-4---------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------4-3-2-1-------------------| B|-----------------4-3-2-1-----------------------------------| G|-4-3-2-1---------------------------------------------------| D|---------4-3-2-1-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------4-3-2-1---------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------4-3-2-1-----------| these are really helpfull exersizes and i do them almost every day i build up ALOT of speed by doing this good practice and stretching