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Hi Rock Class 101 Community!
We are back with a VERY SPECIAL site member challenge #97! We’re teaming up with Kanile’a ‘Ukulele and Uke Republic to give away an INCREDIBLE Kanile’a 2025 Custom Made Ukulele! This tenor sized model is crafted with deluxe grade koa wood and retails for $2,250 USD.
I am beyond humbled to say that there has now been over 5,000+ members participating in our challenges! AMAZING! If you’ve sat on the sidelines, please join us for this month’s challenge! Challenges are a fun way to stay motivated and a great way to meet fellow ukulele players who are passionate about learning and becoming better players. And I offer feedback on ALL submissions! 🙂
Please watch the video above and read instructions below carefully for details/instructions on this month’s challenge.
Pick ANY Song in our Concept Lessons Series.
* Note 1: While many songs are taught in their entirety for free in the Part 1 YouTube video lesson, some arrangements are split into two lessons. Part 2 lessons require premium membership to view.
* Note 2: Some songs have backing tracks. If you choose a song with a backing track, you must perform to the backing track. Backing tracks require premium membership to download.
** If you need assistance with how to record yourself check out our FREE course on recording audio/video and/or private message me and I will be happy to help you out. **
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GOALS FOR MEMBER CHALLENGE:
1. Beginner Level: Be able to play one of the lessons as shown by Andrew smoothly and in time. Don’t worry about trying to play fast; slow and steady wins the race 🙂
Recommended Piece: The easiest concept lesson is EP014.
2. Intermediate to Advanced Level: Be able to play the lesson as shown by Andrew smoothly, in time, and at or close to the original piece’s tempo.
Recommended Piece: Any concept lesson other than EP014.
3. Participation Goal: 75 Rock Class 101 Member Participant Videos/MP3 posted.
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GROUND RULES FOR PARTICIPATION:
1. Post your Youtube, Vimeo, or Soundcloud links of you playing 1 of the 19 RC101 Concept Lesson pieces anytime between Tuesday, April 1st till Wednesday, April 30th, 11:59pm ET.
The upload feature on the site only supports photos. Members must host their own files. Creating an account is easy and free 🙂 Here are the links to create an account:
YouTube (For Video) – https://www.youtube.com/create_channel
SoundCloud (For Audio) – https://soundcloud.com/signin
2. Submit individually, as a reply, IN THIS POST.
3. Feel free to submit more than one video for the challenge, but additional videos will not count as extra entries into the raffle for the prize.
4. Have fun and don’t be intimidated by this challenge!!! Use this challenge to help you set goals and complete them by a deadline. You can also use this as an opportunity to chat with your fellow Rock Class 101 members and share tips or tricks on this challenge that you think are useful.
5. You must perform the entire piece to receive an entry into the prize raffle. Performance must be submitted by the deadline listed (in #1) above to gain an entry in the raffle, as well as, to receive feedback.
* Note: In my opinion, it is better to show progress versus perfection with these challenges. So if you are a beginner and can only play the first couple of measures. That is completely ok. If you play two more measures of the next challenge piece than you did the previous one, you are on track to getting better. This is what these challenges are about… you learning ukulele and getting better. Remember we are all here to support you no matter what your current playing level is.
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COMMON FAQs:
1) The prize and the challenge is open to the entire world!
2) Premium membership is NOT required to participate, but will make participation easier as it gains you complete access to the full video lessons, tabs, and the on-screen tab viewer.
3) Basic membership (free) is required to submit a reply on this forum post. You can sign up for Basic Membership HERE.
4) To post YouTube video links (in which they appear embedded on the forum), simply copy and past the video URL in its own line. For example:
YouTube URL
5) If you live in the Continental U.S., we will ship the giveaway ukulele to you for FREE! If you live outside of the Continental U.S., there will be a shipping fee ranging between $40 USD to $80 USD (as this ukulele is very expensive, shipping costs may exceed this amount. It will be shipped insured). This fee will be collected by Uke Republic. You are also responsible for any custom fees or duties.
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Giveaway Rules:
There will be 6 chances for you to win this ukulele:
SPRING CHALLENGES:
First Chance: Participate in our April Challenge.
Second Chance: Participate in our May Challenge.
Third Chance: Participate in our June Challenge.
FALL CHALLENGES:
Fourth Chance: Participate in our October Challenge.
Fifth Chance: Participate in our November Challenge.
Sixth Chance: Participate in our December Challenge.
Basic (free) members will receive 1 entry for each month they participate in, while Premium members will receive 2 entries.
On July 4th at 12pm ET, a video will premiere on our YouTube channel, picking 1 member by random drawing that will BE AWARDED 10 EXTRA ENTRIES. This event will mark the end of our Spring Challenges (April, May, June).
We will break for July, August, and September. Entries for the prize will resume for our Fall Challenges (October, November, December).
On Christmas Eve (December 24th at 12 PM ET), a video announcing the winner will premiere on our YouTube channel, picking 1 member by random drawing that will WIN this AMAZING Kanile’a Ukulele!
To qualify to win, you must submit your audio and/or video links of your playing by the deadline listed above.
Basic members can earn up to 6 entries for the prize.
Premium members can earn up to 12 entries for the prize.
You must have an “active” premium membership at the time you submit your performance. Active membership means that your membership HAS NOT expired. This does not mean that you cannot cancel auto re-bills. If you sign up for monthly membership (valid for 30 days) on the 15th of April and cancel your membership the same day, then submit your performance on the 16th (the next day), you are still considered an “active” premium member. The same concept applies for annual membership or gift card membership (3 or 6 month membership).
YOU MUST WRITE “I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER” ON YOUR PERFORMANCE SUBMITTAL POST. Please write this phrase in its own line. For example:
I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER
I will only award 2 entries to premium members that write this line. It would be too time consuming to check if everyone who submits is a premium member. If you do not write this, you WILL NOT receive 2 entries.
Grand Prize:
1) $2,250 Grand Prize! Includes:
A) 2025 Kanile’a Custom Tenor Model Ukulele (Includes: a premium padded case)
OUR 11 PREVIOUS KANILE’A WINNERS! WILL YOU BE NEXT?
LISTEN TO THIS SWEET UKE BEING PLAYED!
UKULELE SPECS
Tenor Body
Deluxe Grade Koa Top, Back, and Sides
Mahogany Neck
Ebony Fretboard and Bridge
D-Shaped Soundhole
Side Sound Port
Kanileʻa Crown Headstock w/ Ebony Headplate
White Mother Of Pearl Logo and Position Markers
Open Geared Chrome TunerOther Features: Includes a premium Kanile’a padded case
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THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!
Kanile’a: https://www.kanileaukulele.com/
Uke Republic: http://www.ukerepublic.com/
AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU! Let’s crush this challenge!
2 quick tips!
1) EP014 is the easiest (most beginner-friendly) concept lesson.
2) EP019 will be released this Friday! 🙂
Wow, what a beautiful instrument 😍 thank you to RC101, Kanile’a and Uke Republic!
I think I am going to work on EP018-April Smiles this month. I was hoping this would be the year I could begin to start to tackle song-writing, which has several pre-requisites, including understanding music theory better than I do today! I’ve previously started the RC101 Music Theory/Jamming course, but couldn’t make it through before 🤯, Also been watching YouTube Uke music theory videos and sometimes get a new aha moment. So this lesson sounds good because it has THREE parts (chord melody, lead, rhythm) to study how they interact. PS plus it is such a beautiful song AND it is a low G 👏
I’ve also wanted to experiment with recording myself (video portion) multiple times playing different parts, combining into one video, so this lesson sounds like a great one to try for me.
I look forward to hearing what everyone else plans to learn this month! Planning to having fun learning something new.
Meet the Oops Oops Band! RC101 members coffeemug, little george and I have been pals for more than 50 years. We all started playing the uke a few years ago and use the magic of technology to bridge the miles between Ohio, Michigan and Colorado. The RC101 song book is one of our go-to sources for pieces we can adapt to our …. uh….skills 🙂 We worked this one up a couple of years ago and are proud to present it now to kick off this years’s Kanile’a Challenge. Happy strumming!
@deadbuggy this is so cool. Love it ☺️ . What a nice group
I think I will try April Smiles.
Wonderful @deadbuggy. Music has so many magical qualities, nice to see that music can keep you together although you are apart. Don’t know if I have the skills for all levels, but am looking forward to trying to walk the bass line 3 ways this month.
@deadbuggy – That was awesome, y’all! An excellent and fun start to our April challenge! 🙂
@deadbuggy – super fun video, complete with song appropriate umbrella drinks lol.🍹 That is the type of video merging I want to figure out this month also (in addition to actually learning the multiple bits of April Smiles). 🎬 🎥 🎦 🤔
@deadbuggy love it! The orange shirts, the hats, umbrella drinks…..fun times with the ukulele!
@deadbuggy how cool is that! Love Parrot head blue’s and fact you have life long musical friends! Louisa
For this month’s challenge I went with April Smiles.
I struggled with the fingering in the cord melody, especially the last bit. Also, I decided to try and mix it up by practicing some pull offs and hammer ons for this arrangement.
@deadbuggy that was great!Awesome @jbmills07 – I’m working on this song also and agree that last bit of chord melody is the toughest true! Sounds good to me!
@jbmills07 WOW!
@jbmills07 – Bravo! I’ll be sharing it on our socials 🙂
Beautiful @deadbuggy and @jbmills07!
I went with ‘3 Levels of Walking Bass Lines for Blues Ukulele’ for this month.
It was challenging to say the least… Didn’t help that I made it extra harder on myself by choosing to play it on the baritone without a capo, which meant the stretches and chord changes were something else at the speed required… I would have practiced more but I have a short month.
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