I just purchased an acoustic guitar, I have an instruction manual for playing the major and minor cords. The problem is no matter were i put my 3rd finger 1,2,3,4th string, the meat on the third finger always rest on the string behind it. I have tried lowering my elbow, bending my wrist, raising the guitar. I can feel the vibration of the string behind my finger and it sounds awful,HELP!
Hold the guitar straight up and down and bring your wrist curved up so that the fingers form a natural curve. Also you may have a guitar which has strings that are too fat for beginners. Get light gage rock n'roll strings to begin with even though it is accoustic, cuz it is easier on a beginners fingers. Did you pay a tidy sum for the guitar? Some cheap guitars have the strings too far from the neck, or the neck has no steel rod in it so the neck may warp.