Originally Posted by: compart1Hi Nick, Welcome to Guitar Tricks..
You are on the right track with getting your fingers more flexible and stronger. Your callus toughness will help too.
1 First thing to try is making a particial chord, try until clear, add another finger try until clear.
2 A slight roll of your index finger to fret with the side of your finger. Minute finger adjustments. Pay attention to which strings are muted and adjust fingers slightly.
3 Also you can try to bar four string with your index finger. This method may hamper chord changes.
Good Luck..
Gordon

All good advice there, particularly point 2. I'd recommend perhaps practicing the change from Aminor to Fmajor initially because finger 2 is basically set and all you need to do is roll it on to the side so the side of the tip is covering the top two strings, then adjust fingers 3 and 4 for G and D strings, respectively. Then practice, practice, practice.... form Aminor, play the strings cleanly and adjust if necessary, form Fmajor, play cleanly... rinse and repeat.

Also, Aminor to Fmajor seems to be a fairly common chord change. If nothing else, it enables you to play Happy Days Are Here Again by the Broken Family Band, which is an ace tune.