I’m finding it extremely difficult to press down next to frets on inner strings(the ones not on the outside, ie other than little E and Big E). I’m thinking maybe I’m holding the guitar wrong because often my fingers end up being angled and it makes it harder to hold down a string without touching others. Been trying to look online and find solutions but it’s hard to see exactly what I’m doing wrong.
Anyway, I have no idea if anyone can help, but I figured it’s worth a post to find out.
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It takes a bit of time for the slightly unnatural wrist position need for clean fretting to become a habit.
Is hard to describe in words but your fretting wrist needs to be quite forward with the fingers angled back toward the neck. Think sock puppet
Thanks @Jimbob . I will try to follow your advice. I’m not 100% sure I understand but I will try.
Yeah, I was afraid of that. I may just have to continue to practice a lot until I get it to stick. My niece plays guitar as well, so hopefully at some point she will be over and I can get some pointers.
You may need to straighten your posture and have the guitar in a certain position. I was taught that the fretting hand should have the thumb in the center of the back of the neck but it will move up or down slightly. Try to fret with the tips of your fingers going straight down on the strings vertically, but not if it causes pain. A good exercise to do is using fingers 1234 on frets 1234 up the strings, then move to 2345, 3456, and so on up and down the neck. You can use a metronome and make it sound musical. Then increase the speed incrementally once you feel comfortable.
Hey thanks @DireStraightsJacket . I will try to put your advice to good use. I am having some difficulty with my pinky finger as well, so I am having trouble with 4. I think I need to strengthen it through exercises such as you recommended.
Maybe you get just one doublehour lesson from an experienced guitarist. Its maybe $40 or $50. I had about 10 hours lessons and it helped me big time.
Good luck with the hobby. I once tried playing guitar but it was too difficult the strumming patterns was the tricky part for me. 
Hey, thanks @anon53623539 . If I can’t get it figured out on the internet, and my niece can’t help me, I may end up doing that. I don’t plan on giving up.
Thanks @Zoe
It’ll get easier with practice and you’ll develop callouses if you do it enough on metal strings. Electrics are probably easier to learn on so just keep on keeping on.
Thanks @rogueone . I won’t give up easily!
I think the best way is to wrap one hand around the neck of the guitar, place another around the body and pick it up and take it directly to the pawn shop.
I tried to learn guitar over 10 years ago. I found that it damaged my fingers too much, and it hurt to play so I gave up. I think you are supposed to develop callouses but I wasn’t prepared to do that. No one told me I’d have to go through pain to do it! 
Good luck though, but it is not for me.
I tried replying last night and it wouldn’t let me post…keep your fingers at a perpendicular angle to the strings, bending your wrist outward to allow it to be easier to keep the angle…takes practice…work on getting your callouses worked up…if you play fifteen mins. a day you will have them in no time.
If you can, hire a teacher. Years of bad habits are years of fixing them later on.
Fake it before you make it! Just stum a bunch of random stuff…eventually a song will come out right? 
Not really, no. 
Sounds like youre getting a lot of fret buzz you just have to practice and arch your fingers