The problem is, that you're applying all the pressure with the tip of your finger. You need to spread out the pressure, that's why you have to straighten out that finger!
Your knockles should almost break the wrong way, if you get the idea?
A little trick, is to lift the finger from the lower strings (Low E, A and D), that way, only half of your finger is resting on the 3 high strings and automatically you'll be forced to apply pressure to sound the strings.
When you have the clean sound, put back your other halh of the finger down, now covering one hole fret (all strings).
Don't sqeeze the strings down, it needs less strength than you think. :p
Over and out, I won't reply anymore on this subject.
Practice, practice and practice!!! :cool:
If you can't do this in about a month, you oughtta play something else than the guitar...
Fiddles
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