Hi @999avatar999, you’ll just have to get used to using the pad of your finger a bit more 
You might find that the 5th string starts buzzing when you do that. If that’s the case, slide your finger a bit further towards the fret. With this fingering, you might have the idea/feeling that you’re pressing the string at the right place, while you’re effectively just a bit too far back.
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Since you are blessed with long fingers, you could try muting the sixth string by resting your thumb on it (assuming you have a proportionally long thumb 
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I spent several weeks trying to make 6th muting work with my ring finger, but I eventually gave up and started doing thumb muting.
I have long fingers, but I think my guitar also has a wide neck, which led to my difficulties. It was a big change to my technique, but worth it at the time…for me, at least.
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It sounds like you are still in grade 1, so my advice is to not worry too much about the string muting. You should focus more on changes between the C chord and the other chords you have learned and playing along to songs. You will work more on string muting when you start grade 2 in module 8.
I don’t always get the C chord muting correct and I am starting grade 4. I focus on starting my strum on the 5th string, where you are playing the low C root note of the chord. If you happen to hit the 6th string, which is the low E, it is not a serious error, since that note is part of the C chord. Later you will learn that is a valid alternative way to play the C chord and useful in some songs.
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yeah, thumb muting the low E is pretty easy for me, and I can also somewhat consciously skip that string while strumming, though that’s not a 100%. I was just trying to wrap my head around muting with fingers other than the thumb, cus I assume that’s a technique that’s applicable to other chords as well
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yeah thumb muting works for me really well too. Idk if my guitar has a wide neck or my fingers are too thin lol but yeah, it’s a struggle trying to do it with the index finger
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Why is it that only the C i have to put more pressure to make it ring than any other chord. good callused fingers still get sore.
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Do you have to press more with all fingers or just one?
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I find the stretch in the C chord makes it hard to keep adequate pressure with my ring finger, causing the second string to buzz sometimes.
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One and two but more so on one.
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Perhaps the stretchy nature of the chord means you aren’t getting your fingers up as close to the fret as you usually do, Bruce. That could lead to needing a little more pressure.
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You might be concentrating so hard on the stretch that you ‘forget’ to pay attention to your other fingers. It could be your fingers aren’t close enough to the frets, but it could also be that, while stretching to reach with your third finger, your other fingers slide forward ever so slightly, placing them too much on top of the fret. Try analysing what exactly you’re doing and where your fingers end up, and try taking it from there.
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Hey Bruce, from a different Bruce
I think @DavidP and @LadyOfTheCastle are on to something. I used to have that too, but have been pretty good about doing finger stretching https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/finger-stretching-exercise-te-101, and now the C chord doesn’t feel quite so stretchy. Before I was struggling just to make it to the three frets, now I’m more able to work on how I’m making it there.
Bruce
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