Difficulty on the D Major chord

I am a beginner and having some difficulty on the d major chord. Everytime I try to play it, it buzzes. I don't know if maybe some of my fingers are hitting the other strings or if am not pressing hard enough. But when I try to press harder it still seems to buzz.

I found that what I was doing wrong was not making my hand slide more towards the front of the neck in order to get fingers more straight on to the strings.
The way I corrected this was I place the back of the palm of my hand more towards the bottom of the neck. I've got fat fingers and found that trying to barre the chord was causing the bottom string to be muted so I had to get the three fingers there. Two wasn't getting the chord to sound right.
With the "buzzing", sounds like you are on the fret itself or not pressing the strings off there behind the fret. I too had that problem as well. Use your thumb or the fat part of the base of the thumb to PULL your fingers into the chord more. That's how I got that solved. But that's just me.
I will let the instructors correct me if I am wrong.. well they will anyways.. what I love about these fine people...

Party on Wayne and Garth!

Could possibly be fret buzz. What kind of guitar and have you had it set up lately?

Try pressing one string at a time in the correct position (to eliminate chording issues) and pick the string normaly like you would when you play. If any strings still buzz, then you probably need a bit of set up.

If you do have fret buzz, don't panic. Guitars need to be set up sometimes and is not an indicator that anything is badly [u]wrong[/u] with your guitar. Many people get set ups done seasonally like a car.

Guitar measurements are in the thousandth's of an inch, so it only takes a very small misadjustment to start giving you grief. Take it to your local store and they will probably give you a set up for around $50. If you are handy, start researching, and you can save some money.

Good luck!