In the R&B Keys in 7 Days Challenge, Rob helps you build a toolkit of R&B chords and techniques to lock in this soulful style. To kick things off, Rob teaches you one of the most foundational voicings for R&B: the V7sus chord.
Rob Araujo
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Rob is an LA-based pianist, producer, and the Piano Education Lead at Pickup. Through his lessons, you'll master the harmonic vocabulary and techniques behind modern jazz and R&B piano.
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Rob is a master pianist with a deep understanding of modern harmony, improvisation, and piano technique. His classes make sophisticated musical ideas approachable without sacrificing depth.
- Add color and movement to your chords
- Learn to think like a jazz and R&B musician
- Confidently navigate colorful harmony
- Decode the language of jazz piano
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Intro to R&B Keys in 7 Days
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Rob Araujo
Rob Araujo is a passionate pianist and producer. In his classes, Rob helps students build stronger harmony, rhythm, and improvisation skills they can use in real playing situations.
Classically trained from age 5 with a music minor from Cornell, he’s built an independent catalog with hundreds of millions of streams. Rob has toured with Tom Misch and Anomalie, performed in 16 countries, and taught as a guest artist at The New School in NYC.
He brings his years of professional experience into his role as the Piano Lead at Pickup Music to help redefine what it means to learn piano online.
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