[Loraine]

@michaelsbicycles1gmail-com You are not alone with this. In fact, I probably see this comment more than any other basic chord. I had the same problem when I was newer.

You’ve received some great feedback. The only thing I’ll add that I did was to push my index finger up (even infringing upon the low E – 6th string. You’ll mute the low E, but that’s okay, because that is not a string that you play with the C chord. By pushing the index finger up, your index won’t hang over the string and mute the d, and it allows your middle finger a little wiggle room for fretting the D string.