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Hi Rock Class 101 Community!
We are back with a VERY SPECIAL site member challenge #91! We’re teaming up with Kanile’a ‘Ukulele and Uke Republic to give away an AMAZING Kanile’a KTR Ukulele! This tenor sized model is crafted with Hawaiian Koa wood and retails for $3,100 USD. It is a brand new model released in February of 2024!
I am beyond humbled to say that there has now been over 4,500+ 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 1 from the following 7 RC101 Lessons:
1) The Addams Family * – A theme as lovable as the lighthearted spooky family. This melody is irresistible catchy, and yes, our arrangement includes the snaps!
* Taught in its entirety for FREE!
2) The Walking Dead * – The theme song to the hit TV show, this piece uses only 3 chords to conjure up feelings of suspense and fright.
* Taught in its entirety for FREE!
3) A Frightful Strumming Etude * – Learn a spine-tingling strumming etude that’s guaranteed to cause a fright!
* Taught in its entirety for FREE!
4) Spooky, Scary Skeletons * – A fingerstyle take on the spooky song that became the Internet’s Halloween anthem.
* Taught in its entirety for FREE!
5) Blue Moon * – A playful take on a timeless ballad.
* Taught in its entirety for FREE!
6) Halloween Theme – Learn the theme song from the quintessential Halloween movie!
7) Toccata and Fugue in D minor – A hauntingly beautiful organ piece by the great German composer J.S. Bach.
** 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 to Intermediate 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 Addams Family, The Walking Dead, OR A Frightful Strumming Etude
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: Spooky, Scary Skeletons, Blue Moon, Halloween Theme, OR Toccata and Fugue in D minor
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 7 RC101 pieces anytime between Tuesday, October 1st till Thursday, October 31st, 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:
ALL ENTRIES SUBMITTED IN THE SPRING CHALLENGE (APRIL, MAY, JUNE) WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE FALL PRIZE. IN ADDITION TO THOSE ENTIRES, THERE WILL BE 3 CHANCES FOR YOU TO WIN THIS UKULELE:
First Chance: Participate in our October Challenge: Halloween Songs!
Second Chance: Participate in our November Challenge.
Third 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 Christmas Eve (December 24th at 12 PM ET), a video announcing the winner will premiere our YouTube channel. One winner will be selected by random drawing to 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 3 entries for the prize.
Premium members can earn up to 6 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 October 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) $3,100 Grand Prize! Includes:
A) Kanile’a KTR Tenor Ukulele (New Model for 2024)
OUR 10 PREVIOUS KANILE’A WINNERS! WILL YOU BE NEXT?
LISTEN TO THIS SWEET UKE BEING PLAYED!
UKULELE SPECS
Tenor Scale
Solid Hawaiian Koa Front, Back, and Sides
Kirinite Rosette
Black Front Binding
TRU-Relief with TRU-Reduction
Phoenix Slotted Headstock
Ebony Fingerboard, Bridge and Headplate
Kirinite Thin Diamond Position Markers and Logo
Graphite Infused Black TUSQ Nut and Saddle
UV Cured High Gloss Body
UV Cured Silk Neck
Gotoh Stealth Tuners Black
Kanile’a Exclusive Radiused Back
Kanile’a Exclusive Ebony Bridge Pins
Kanile’a Exclusive TRU-R Bracing System
Made in HawaiiOther Features: Includes a premium Kanile’a carrying 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!
Every time I catch a glimpse of that kanile’a, I feel like I’m going to start drooling. 😅 But then I think about how clumsy I am and how I probably shouldn’t have it…
I want to try to learn Toccata and Fugue, that being my “white whale” of the Rock Class songs, but we’ll see what happens. Whale see… 😉😅
Edit: I just rewatched the performance of Toccata and Fugue. I forgot how insane that is. So cool though. Is it for low g or high g? I couldn’t find which it was. If it’s low g, that would sound really amazing on my electric uke. ☺️
Great songs. 😊 I love Blue Moon, but I already posted it for another challenge some time ago. @The_Bumble_Bard, I’d also love to do Toccata, I love that one since I did it on the electric organ decades ago. 😱 But I’m not sure if I’d rather need one year instead of one month learning it. 😂 So I think I’ll wait and see how I like the Spooky, Scary skeletons, and then I decide what to do.
@bibilele, that is sooooo cool that you used to play that one on a pipe organ! I always wanted to try to play one of those because I liked to play piano. Oh wait, you said an electric organ, so I guess that’s something different? Hahaha I know, it’s a bit ridiculous to think I could learn that in a month too, but maybe I could learn one of the easier ones as a “place holder,” then start learning the Fugue, at least. We should both try it. I think I could definitely learn part of it. My favorite part is the third theme. Shows what an incredible player Andrew is, watching him play that. 😅☺️
I’m not into Halloween and I love the classic Blue Moon – so looking at Blue Moon. I was a little hesitant because of the ‘intermediate to advanced’ category that it was in – now that’s SCARY -haha. But I’ve tested out the lesson with the first 4 measures and I think it’s doable for me with some effort. 4 measures down only 21 measures to go 😀 Enjoy the month all!
Well! A bit of a result for Simon this month, as I recorded Toccata and Fugue a couple of years ago. Boom!
Hi Simon, great to see you back! I remember this epic performance! Will def share it in this week’s newsletter!
P.S. Don’t forget to add the premium tag for K giveaways 😉
@simonalexander WOW!!!
@The_Bumble_Bard I guess a pipe organ is what you can hear in churches. Then it’s similar, but not the same. The electric organ does not have pipes, but just a speaker. To be honest, the sound sucks. 😅 The technique is also similar, but with the electric organ you mainly use only one foot and only the ball of your foot while on the pipe organ you do a lot of footwork with both feet, ball and heel. I’ll definitely put Toccata into my wanna-learn-list for the ukulele, but probably not in October.
@bibilele, yes, the pipe organ is the gigantic kind that’s built into the walls of churches, with all the pipes, obvs. I think they vary in size. I saw one in England that took up the whole wall and it was rather breathtaking. I forgot that the smaller kinds were called electric organs. That’s really interesting with the different kinds of foot work involved. I would love to try that one day, sounds entertaining. 😂
Toccata is a good one to try, I still am going to try to learn as much as I can of it this month, with my “safety” option of a simpler song. 😂
@simonalexander, really amazing playing! I found your video on here when you first shared it because I was interested in that song and you were the only one who shared it here. Really really amazing! 😊@simonalexander wow is right!
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Boohoooo all together,
i could not resist my inner demons and made a take of “Blue Moon”, which i learned more than two years ago. Just love Stevens arrangement, thx for that. The Halloween-theme is in progress and i’m full of bloody hope to get it also done this month.
Have much fun with all the nice tunes in October,
Markus
I AM A PREMIUM MEMBER
Boom, baby! Step one, complete: Learn a simpler song to secure my entries for the challenge. Step two, begins: Time to serve up a delish hot “Fugue” sundae (really stupid, lol). Actually, I do realize it’s borderline impossible for me to learn that this month, but I’m still going to see how far I can get. I already started.
I actually am pretty pleased with this (Spooky, Scary Skeletons) considering how quickly I learned this (for me) and how I tried to be a little “extra” with the chorus. It could be smoother, still some pauses, but overall… Not bad, eh?!?!?!? ;D Also, I really, really enjoyed playing this more than I even expected and would recommend this song to anyone who’s not sure what to work on. 😊
Thank you for listening and for all these amazing challenges! 😊❤️
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