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
Martin Renaud
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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.
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  3. You are my sunshine my mom would sing this even with her dementia she passed this year so great memory.

  6. Nights in White Satin by Moody Blues when I was in sick kids my mom bought me the album way back in the 60’s

    • I would learn to play “Foxy lady” by Jimi Hendrix. Why that song u ask?…..because its great song by one of the worlds best guitarists and more personally because that song was also played on my favourite movie “WAYNE’S WORLD”

  9. I would love to learn to play Anne Murray songs. I love all her music. My most favourite or one of them would be “Could I have this Dance”. I play by ear on the piano so the Keyboard would be amazing, the “Yamaha PSR-E373” or the “Yamaha PSR-E273”.

  14. The song I would learn first is You Know My Name by Chris Cornell because I am a long time Chris Cornell and James Bond fan.

  15. My grandmothers favourite song Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison. She always play the beginning riff on her guitar. I would love to be able to surprise her and play the whole song for her. That would be an amazing gift for her and myself.

  21. I would learn how to play the song “When Peace like a River” on the keyboard. It’s a song that means a lot to my family. I would also try to take advantage of the arranging features to make it sound orchestral.

  24. Tears in Heaven because my gf’s brother love the song but died a year ago due to suicide. So I want to learn and teach her how to play to commenrate her brother.

  25. “No hago otra cosa que pensar en ti” from Joan Manuel Serrat would be the first song I would learn in the piano because I love singing it, and I love the lyrics as well.

  29. A keyboard would be fun to learn. The song would be: Your Cheating Heart, because it is one of the first songs I remember hearing.

  30. I’d love to learn “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan, because I started learning it when I was younger and gave up. I want to finish learning and re-spark my love of music! Thanks for the chance.

  32. Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival would be my first song because it’s one of my all time favourites, love it.

  39. I would like to learn to play the Beatles song “Yesterday” on a Yahama keyboard because it is one of my favorite songs from the 1960s.

  42. I’d love to learn to play “My Wish” by Rascal Flatts on keyboard as I love the keyboard and have a bit of knowledge of playing music on it. Love this song as it says so much as to how I would feel for my loved ones after I am gone. Would be fantastic to enjoy playing the keyboard again.

  44. I would learn to play Blackbird by Paul McCartney on guitar because it is the first song that my son learned to play and he played it for me on Mother’s day.

  46. Stairway to Heaven, because that was THE song to learn if you played guitar in the 70’s.

  49. Mary Had a Little Lamb would be the first easy song that I would like to learn. My father sang it to me when I was a kid.

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