Guinness World Record Set for Largest Online Guitar Lesson

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Brenna Ehrlich
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Guinness World Record Set for Largest Online Guitar Lesson

At the beginning of March, Berkleemusic -- the online division of the Berklee College of Music -- and Grammy-winning guitar player Steve Vai set out to reach the Guinness World Record for most massive online guitar lesson. The whole deal went down at Livestream Studios in New York City and was streamed using that service.

Well, the numbers are in: With 4,455 students tuning in during the first 15 minutes, and 7,000 students in all, Berkleemusic and Vai are now honored in the same sphere as Charlie Sheen and his illustrious Twitter account.

But, seriously, this undertaking was rather impressive -- Berkleemusic also donated $7,000 (a dollar for every attendee) to the Steve Vai Online Scholarship Fund at Berkleemusic. Check out the video above in case you missed the lesson.

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