Sorry for what I'm sure is a dumb question, but to give you an idea of how green I am I'm still working on Ode To Joy in the beginner lessons..

I've hit a weird and very consistent snag..

The four bar melody is just using the high E and B strings and involves going from an open E to a D on the next string and then up to C.. I can do this, but I'm almost always getting a very loud open B when I take my finger off the third fret. It's harder not to do than to do, and happens constantly if I'm playing the melody at any speed.

Can anyone (after they're done laughing) tell a noob how to NOT do this?

Thanks in advance...