Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

My thumb and fingers are too short to have good form playing the 4 chord as shown. I cannot leave any space between my hand and the back of the neck, and my fingers are almost flat on the strings.

I can use fingers 2 3 4 and use my index finger like a muting barre but that departs from the form shown.

Should I work with flat fingers and no space and get as close as I can, or change to the fretting that I can play now?

Check your wrist and elbow positions relative to the neck as they can help with getting your fingers onto the correct frets with the proper spacing.

Here is Tomo's comment:

"Thanks so much for subscribing to my Guitar Wisdom. Developing good technique takes some time. Keep trying! The correct fingering for R 3 7 with R on the 5th String is 2 1 3. Practice more, to get the correct angle."