The only tips for building speed are as follows -
1 - Don't tense up or contort. Be aware at all times of whether you're putting tension into your joints. Its bad for you, bad for your playing.
2 - Practice with some form of beat, not necessarily a metronome but a beat, and make sure that before you try and play something quickly, you can play it EASILY at a lower tempo. THe number one mistake "fast" guitarists make is forcing themselves to play fast. If you can play something fast, you should be able to play the same thing at ANY tempo below that and have it feel fluid and easy. Otherwise the only way to be fast will end up being to force yourself, which is the problem with point #1.
There are no other tips. Speed comes from absolutely nothing but these two factors, everything else falls into place around this.
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