hi guys! I was wondering how you're meant to miss out strings while hitting others across another string e.g.

E--------------------------------------------------------------
B------4---4---4-------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D------1---1---0------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------

yeah like that without hitting the G string. I'm teaching myself without any books (cos I find them rubbish most of the time and therefore a waste of money) so was wondering what the technique is like. All I can do is use two fingers to play those strings at the same time but was wondering if there was an easier technique.

If you're not a guitar player it would be more helpful if you didn't guess at the technique cos I've seen a lot of false/vague information on this site with regards to technique by musicians who don't actually play the instrument.

thanks in advance! ^_^

Use your index finger to mute the G string. Your holding down the D string on the first fret, so just touch the G string with the same finger and it won't make a sound.

oooh ok so what happens if its like the following three chord examples?

E----------------------3--------------------
B-------3--------------1------------2---------
G-------1---------------------------1-------
D------------------------------------------
A-------1--------------1------------3--------
E-----------------------------------------

thanks

Wow, very... awkward haha. Lemme grab my guitar real quick...

Lets see. You could hold down the A string with your index finger (and use it to mute the D string), use your middle finger on the G string, and your pinky on B string. Or you could hold down the A,D, and G strings with your index finger, use your middle or ring finger to mute the D string, and use your pinky to hold down the B string.

I've never seen chords like that before so I don't know if there is really a "standard" to fingering them. But basically hold down all the strings that you need to play and find a way to mute all other strings (or atleast the ones between the strings you do play)

oooh ok so what happens if its like the following three chord examples?

E----------------------3--------------------
B-------3--------------1------------2---------
G-------1---------------------------1-------
D------------------------------------------
A-------1--------------1------------3--------
E-----------------------------------------

thanks
You could just bar the 1's and finger pick all the strings you want to play.