Stroke By taking up my gutar, I placed it on my right thigh and laid my right hand upon its side which is almost opposite to the side that was resting on my thigh. Then, according to a guide, I placed my left hand fingers on a fingerboard and pressed second, third, and fourh strings on a second fret making up the La major chord and hit the strings in the vicinity of a soundhole with my right hand in a strict sequence of little, ring,middle, and index fingers producing the most amazing sound that I ever heard.