Originally Posted by: daniel17i seem to be having a problem playing the Gmajor chord, ive already looked at other places first and nothign seems to help. no matter what i do my fingers alway's touch other strings making thenm not ring, mostly i have problems with my first finger touching the 3rd string. so does anyone have other tips or techniques i could use?

Well, your first finger shouldn't be anywhere near the 3rd string.

Your first finger should fret the fifth string, second fret
your second finger should be on the sixth string, third fret
Your third finger should be on the first string third fret
Try that
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