is there any ways to get faster, especially on the left hand?

I know practice would do, but is there any special tips to get fast?

time machine

play with a metronome or drum machine. Start at 50bpm, knock it down to 35, bump it up to 65. Or, start at 50 and go up 2 bpm once you can do that tempo perfectly.

Sorry if you've heard this before.

Hammers and pull-offs. You don't have to pluck every note. Just pluck the string and finger the notes. The less you pluck the faster your fretting hand can move. Your fretting hand vibrates the string enough to ring out the note. I'm not saying don't pluck at all but your fretting hand is bound to your plucking hand when you pluck every note. It all depends on what tone you're looking for too.

And of course, practice, practice, practice.

Stay loose. Practice not getting tight or worn out.

The easiest way to get faster is to do a search since there's hundreds of posts in the Techniques forum about developing speed.

Other than that, a lot of what people mentioned are good, too. You'll find a ton more techniques if you search. :cool:

For the left hand, I'd say it's more about acquiring muscle memory than trying to "force" the speed out. The muscle memory comes from practicing for accuracy over speed. Use a metronome, find a speed you can play accurately and comfortably at, give it 15 minutes per day and slowly that speed will increase.

don't tense up, use a light touch...various threads about left hand technique give the advice of finding the LEAST amount of pressure required to fret the note without rattling, and strive to use no more than that.

Two key things for speed are relaxation (tense muscles move slower) and going on auto-pilot (thinking takes time). Whatever it is you're trying to play, you need to do it with the least amount of effort and know it well enough that you don't have to think about it.

right now my right hand is quite fast, but my left hand cannot go as fast as the right hand when my finger switch strings. I'm ok at sliding up and down and do a fast movement on the same strings, but i tend to be slower when switching string on the left hand.

anyway thx for the suggestion, i will try them out.