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Originally Posted by Falstaff66
Pretty much on top of the fret wire. That's the only way I can come close to stretching my ring finger into the third fret at all (and it's towards the back...closer to the 2nd fret wire). Three fret chords are murder for me. I can get a good strecth between my 1st and 2nd fingers, but I simply can't put much distance bewteen the
2nd and 3rd. Are there exercises to work on that?
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I teach that a finger should never be to the left of halfway in the box (except in some rare instances). There is usually one finger in the chord that should be very slightly touching the fret, but not touching it to the point of muting it or altering the sound at all. That I term the "fret finger". If the fret finger is found and positioned correctly (in the C chord it is the first finger), you simply allw the other two fingers to fall where they are comfortable *if they are at least half way in the box*. Never try to reach the fret wire for all of the fingers of a chord, unless it is a barre. You don't need to stretch that much. A great deal of stretching that folks attempt is unnecessary, and the problem is really a positioning one...
That's what I believe.