Steve Vai - World’s Largest Online Guitar Lesson

It’s official: Steve Vai is now a Guinness World Record holder, having conducted the largest online guitar lesson music in history on 3 March. Vai teamed up with Berkleemusic, the online continuing education division of Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music, to stage the first-of-its-kind event, which brought together almost 7,000 members of the international guitar community in a celebration of online music education. Guinness certified the world record based on Berklee having recruited 4,455 students over the first 15 minutes to the lesson. Berkleemusic also announced a donation of $7,000 - one dollar for each student certified as taking part in the lesson - to the Steve Vai Online Scholarship Fund at Berkleemusic. The fund rewards and assists outstanding students studying in Berkleemusic’s multi-course certificate programs. “I hope this record encourages players to continue to cultivate their own unique style and spirit on the guitar,“ Vai said. "