Learn to read guitar notes https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DXA65BW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 " I can't lift my third finger," \FGw many of my students have told me that the third finger stretch is nearly impossible for them. Getting that finger to move is tricky because of the anatomy involved. It was suggested that the composer Robert Schumann permanently damaged the third finger, either with an exercise machine or surgery. No one will deny that the third finger has the least independence of movement. But that doesn't mean that it can't move at all. Here is an exercise to help you learn to co ordinate the third finger and gain some dexterity. Instead of trying to lift the third finger, lift the other fingers. Keeping the thumb down, lift fingers 1 two and four, keeping the third finger down. Move them up and down like you did in the first guitar finger stretching exercise. You should gain a sensitivity to how the finger feels alone without the other finger's influence. After some time you should be able to tlift the third finger on its own. Later you can try combining it like the first guitar finger stretch. Hope this helps, please feel free to comment. Read Gene's Kindle books How To Read Music For Guitar - Intervals https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DXA65BW How To Read Music For Guitar – Scales https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DXOT0RY How To Read Music For Guitar – Rhythm https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3LDQ1C Guitar Improvisation In 7 Minutes https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Improvisation-Minutes-Improvise-Sound-ebook/dp/B0075ZWP10 Guitar Chords Methodology (Learn Guitar Chords Through Exercises) https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Chords-Methodology-Through-Exercises-ebook/dp/B00A86Y6VK Guitar Instruction For The Not So Serious Guitar Player (Learning Guitar Without Learning To Read Notes Or Formal Tabs) https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Instruction-Serious-Learning-Without-ebook/dp/B009LVJMU8 Learning Lead Guitar (Getting rid of the rock star and finding the lead guitarist in you.) https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Guitar-Getting-finding-guitarist-ebook/dp/B00B27XUHA Guitar Tabs Influx (How to learn to read Guitar Tabs) https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Tabs-Influx-learn-read-ebook/dp/B00BCR0K0A One Two Three Jam (The Psychology Of Improvisation) https://www.amazon.com/One-Two-Three-Psychology-Improvisation-ebook/dp/B00EN4J1RW How To Play Guitar Trilogy A 3 In 1 Learn To Play Guitar Course (Three Beginner to Intermediate Guitar Lesson Courses in One Compilation) https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3AGene+Petty&s=relevancerank&text=Gene+Petty&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBKKTEnvPzg