help with finger and fret board

[carl2004]

I need a little help because i am and intermediate player i can play most of metallica songs but i cant move my fingers quick enough for the solos is thee anyway i can practise to lossen up my fingers so they move fast enough for solos?
thanks
carl2004@hotmail.com

[HDJ]

Learn the solo's at a slower tempo. Get a metronome, set the tempo to where you can play the solo cleanly and comfortably, then bump the metronome setting up about 4 or 5 bpm, get to where you can play it cleanly at that tempo, and keep going up in increments of 4 or 5 bpm's until you reach the tempo that the song is in..

[Polera]

Slow and steady wins the race, but make sure ur doing everything properly espeically bends etc or else its all for naught. Then u can chop it up later.

[amerok]

Practicing exercises always helps. If you feel like a certain technique could use some improvement, find an exercise that is made for that technique and do it.

[CW14]

make sure your fingers arent too tense and aren't fretting the notes too hard, that can really slow you down.
Handy tips on these sites:

www.guitarprinciples.com (go to "essays" or "technique")

www.stetina.com (go to "practice tips")

[konman]

I'm sure you know it, but just a reminder for others who might be reading this thread: fret the strings closer to the frets, not in the middle between frets.