Musicians love to receive a new musical instrument for many reasons. One is just the joy that anyone feels to get something new. But that feeling fades fast. What lasts is the learning and experimenting that can go on for months, taking the musician out of their comfort zone (or worse, their rehearsal rut) and allowing a new platform for their self-expression. This contest might be the perfect elixir for three musicians in Canada since we are giving away one Kramer guitar and two Yamaha keyboards.

Kramer Focus VT211S Guitar delivers the fat-strat sound you love

Vintage-style guitars - Kramer

You know you want this guitar. I know I do. It brings me back to the great hair bands of the eighties. The Best Buy Blog review by Nikolai should be your first stop to learn more about this instrument. He discussed why the Kramer Focus VT211S Guitar is a fun instrument to play and demonstrated it’s tone and range with a selection of songs (including one Van Halen piece).

Yamaha keyboards expand musical abilities of any level of player

Yamaha PSR-e373 Keyboard

Learning new songs has never been more fun than it is on one of the two Yamaha keyboards we are giving away in this contest. Again, to learn more about the PSR-E273 or the PSR-E373, you should read the reviews by Nikolai Olekhnovitch. He discussed many of the features of these two instruments and demonstrated how Yamaha makes learning fun and easy. These two keyboards are incredibly versatile and offer something for every keyboard player, from beginner to experienced.

Imagine playing a new instrument right now

Some people say musical ability comes mostly from practice; others say it’s from talent. Both are likely involved, but to get the most enjoyment, I believe you need to exercise your musical imagination. I love the lyric, “Picture yourself in a boat on a river,” because it’s a great example of the marriage of imagination and music. I challenge you to picture yourself with a Yamaha or Kramer, learning to play Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds or some other song you’ve heard a million times and want to be able to reproduce on your own. Then enter this contest for your chance to win a great instrument from Best Buy.

How to enter

Entering this contest is easy, but you can only enter once. First, picture yourself sitting in a quiet room in your home with a new guitar or keyboard from Best Buy, and then tell us in a comment below what song you are going to learn first and why you chose that song.

What you can win

At the end of this contest we will randomly select three winners from all eligible comments on the blog. One person will win the black Kramer Focus VT211S Guitar that Nikolai reviewed, one will win the Yamaha PSR-E373 that Nikolai reviewed, and one person will win the Yamaha PSR-E273 that Nikolai reviewed.

This contest runs from July 29th to August 15th.

Remember, you can only enter once by leaving a comment beneath this article. However, there are many people in your life who would be inspired after winning one of these instruments, so share this contest and give them a chance to win too.

Win a Kramer guitar or Yamaha keyboard Contest Rules and Regulations

Good Luck

Martin Renaud
Editor in Chief
Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.

732 COMMENTS

  1. If I were to win a guitar or keyboard from Best Buy, the first song I’d try to learn is Africa, by Toto. It lifts all moods!

  2. I’d probably go with something simple like happy birthday because it would be the easiest and it would please my tiny humans. Eventually, I’d learn something like concierto de aranjuez because classical music is so pleasant and soothing. I could definitely get lost in playing a song like that.

  3. I would not learn any song. I would want to win the keyboard for my wife to replace her old one. She is a nurse and sing-songwriter Tuzee. She would possibly play her song Incredible that is coming out soon.

  4. I would like to learn how to play ‘Another Love’ by Tom Odell as I have listened to that song over 100 times just to listen to the beautiful melody played by the piano. It makes me want to learn how to play the instrument as soon as possible!

  5. I would like to learn how to play ‘another love’ by Tom Odell as I have listened to that song over 100 times just to listen to the beautiful melody played by the piano.

  6. I would love to play Achy Breaky Heart by Miley Cyrus. I liked it when I was younger and think it would be easy enough for me to learn in a short period of time and yet be fun .

  7. Favourite Crime by Olivia Rodrigo … it’s just the way she sings about the bridge … it just hits a cord with my daughter and me and I’d love to surprise here by playing it.

  8. The Kramer Focus VT211S Guitar. AC/DC back in black to remind me of the awesome time I had at the SARS concertin Toronto

  9. I would learn to play my wedding song so I could surprise my husband on our anniversary and play the song for him!

  10. I’ve given up piano for years and am looking to get back into it. that yamaha would be a great fit! I will be learning some rolling stones since they were the last concert I saw before the pandemic!

  11. Eric Clapton is one of the greatest guitar players of all time and it would be nice to learn and play Tears in Heaven.

  12. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin because it is legendary. Ballad to Rock all in one. How can that be beat!?

  13. I would like to learn Bohemian Rhapsody first as I know it would take ages to learn and drive my family crazy hearing it over and over again before I could actually play it very well.

  14. I want to learn We’ve Only Just Begun by the Carpenters because it was the song that was sung at my wedding.

  15. At the age of 62, taking up the guitar – again. Took lessons at the Happy Time School of Music when I as 12. Didn’t last long. Had an acoustic but wanted an electric! First song I learn would be Ventura Highway – I like the song and would be easy to learn.

  16. The song I want to learn is Taciturn by Stone Sour. It is about two people separated by the sea. Thanks to covid I have not been able to meet my girlfriend as she lives in Moscow, Russia but wants to move here to London, Ontario, Canada. It’s been almost two years and could be almost another year before we can be together.

  17. My first choice for a song to learn would definitely be Toxic by Britney Spears. Have to start ambitiously so that any progress feels like a great achievement!

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