Hey all,

I am having great difficulty getting my finger positions to a place where I can achieve the C major chord. More specifically, I am struggling to place my index finger on the second string-first fret , without muting the high E string...especially when I am stretching to place my other fingers to achieve the chord.

I am only a week into my learning and have not yet built up the hardened callouses on my finger tips. Could this be one of the causes? I seem to have to press hard which flattenes my finger tip into adjacent strings?

Any advice will be welcomed!

Mark