Before you pick up the electric guitar and begin performing, practicing, or even leisurely strumming your favorite songs, there is one critical step that always needs to be taken—checking the tuning of your instrument and adjusting as needed. Knowing how to tune the guitar properly is an essential skill that guitarists of all levels need to master, and is crucial for beginners to learn. Hearing the guitar in its proper tuning is especially important for first-time players as they begin to navigate the fretboard and develop their musical ears.

We are excited to announce that at 4:30 pm PST on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, ArtistWorks will be hosting our Holiday Music Special—a free livestreamed event celebrating the holiday season and the wonderful music that accompanies it.

This Saturday, December 18, 2021, master musicians and members of the ArtistWorks bluegrass faculty, Mike Marshall and Darol Anger will be performing alongside the WDR Big Band, one of Germany’s preeminent musical ensembles and a jazz orchestra that is highly regarded worldwide.

In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our co-founder Patricia Butler sits down with shred guitar icon and ArtistWorks rock guitar instructor, Paul Gilbert, to discuss his latest holiday album release, ‘TWAS. Together, they explore the album’s writing and recording process, musical selection, wide breadth of featured genres, and more. The show is available wherever you listen to podcasts, or you can listen here at ArtistWorks.