Would you like to play the famous song Can’t Help Falling in Love on the piano? Then you’ve come to the right place.
“Can’t Help Falling in Love” is a romantic ballad by the American singer Elvis Presley. It’s about inevitable love and the difficulty of withstanding the force of that feeling.
It was first released as a single in 1961 and later added to the artist’s “Blue Hawaii” album. The song reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and number one in the UK. It featured in numerous films and series, including Walt Disney’s animated film “Lilo & Stitch” and the series “The Office”. The song was also covered by artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Twenty One Pilots, Michael Bublé, Céline Dion, the group U2 and the British reggae group UB40. It was awarded a gold disc in 1962, become one of the most emblematic songs of Elvis Presley’s career and is repeatedly ranked among the best songs of all time.
The aim of this article is to give you the opportunity to play the notes of Can’t Help Falling in Love on the piano. To begin with, we’ll look at the notes to be played by the right hand, followed by those for the left. Finally, we’ll learn how to play with both hands together. At the end of this article, you can download a free PDF score of the song.
By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be able to play Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling in Love!
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Before we start playing Can’t Help Falling in Love, let’s review the basics of piano playing and find our bearings on a keyboard. To do this, follow the image below:
The name of the notes on a piano keyboard.
The image above shows all the keys on a piano keyboard and the notes associated with them (C, D, E, F, G, A, B).
First look at the structure of the keys and notes. As you can see, all the keys don’t follow the same pattern each other. You can see that they are organized by groups of two or three successive keys. Here they serve as visual cues to help us navigate the keyboard.
For example, if you are looking for the note C, you will first locate the black keys and find a group of two. Once you identified them, press the white key just to the left of the group of two black keys: your C is here!
With practice, you’ll soon be able to spot the notes on a piano keyboard. Once you feel confident, we can start playing the notes of Can’t Help Falling in Love on the piano.
Let’s move on to the next step. We always start by teaching the melody of a song first, then learning its accompaniment.
As a rule, the melody is played with the right hand. So we’ll start by playing Can’t Help Falling in Love with the right hand.
We’re going to build on what we covered in the previous section of the article, and then we’ll indicate the first note to play with your right hand. These are the notes C :
C is the first note to be played with the right hand for the song Can't Help Falling in Love on piano.
Did you find the note C? Congratulations!
Now we’re going to play the series of notes that form the melody of the piece. Press the following notes in succession:
C – G – C – D – E – F – E – D – G – A – B – C – D – E – F – E – D – C – C – G – C – D – E – F – E – D – G – F + A – G + B – A + C – D – E – F – E – D – C – B – D – G – B – B – A – B – D – G – B – B – A – B – D – G – B – B – A – F# – G – E – E – G – F – G – G + C – E + G – A + C – B + D – C + E – D + F – C + E – B + D – E + G – C + F + A – D + G + B – E + A + C – B + D – C + E – D + F – C + E – B + D – G + C – B – D – G – B – B – A – B – D – G – B – B – A – B – D – G – B – B – A – F# – G – E – E – G – F – G – F – C – G – C – D – E – F – E – F – E – D – B – G – G + G – A + C + F + A – B + D + G + B – C + E + A + C – D + D – E + E – F + F – A + C + E – B + D + G – A + C + E – G + G – A + C + F + A – B + D + G + B – C + E + A + C – D + D – E + E – F + F – E + G + C + E – D + G + B + D – C + E + G + C – C + E + G – C + E + G – C + E + G – C – E – G – C – E – G – C – G – A – B – C – D – C – D – E – F – E – D – C – C + E + G + C
To achieve the melody of Can’t Help Falling in Love, you need to play all these notes in succession with your right hand.
Practice playing this sequence of notes several times in a row until your playing becomes increasingly fluid and you’ve mastered the various sequences. Then you can start playing the left hand of the song on the piano.
Can’t Help Falling in Love on the piano: the notes of the right hand.
The tutorial video below shows you the notes to play with the right hand. Make sure you go through all the notes so you’re familiar with the rhythm of the song. With this method, you’ll benefit from a complete learning process and dynamic playing that is as close as possible to the original song.
Now you know how to play right-hand notes, bravo! Now let’s move on to the left-hand notes.
Play the notes ofCan’t Help Falling in Love with the right hand on an interactive app
La Touche Musicale app waits for you to play the right note with your right hand on your piano before moving on to the next one.
Once you’ve learned to play the notes with the right hand smoothly, you can use the left hand to play the respective notes. In this section, we’ll proceed in the same way as before: identifying the first notes to be played with the left hand. The first note is C:
The first note to be played with the left hand for the song Can't Help Falling in Love on piano is C.
Have you seen where the C is on your keyboard? Well done!
As with the right hand, we’ll now look at the set of notes to be played by your left hand.
Press the following notes one after the other with your left hand to accompany Can’t Help Falling in Love :
C – E – A – F – C – G – F – G – A – C – G – C – C – E + G + B – A + C + E – F + A + C – C + E + G – G + B + D – F + A + C – G + B + D – A + C + E – C + E + G – G + B + D – E + G – E + G + B – B + G – E + G + B – B + G – E + G + B – B + G – A + E + G – D + F + A + D – D + F + A + D – G + B + D + G – G + B + D + G – C + E + G – C + E + G – E + G + B – E + G + B – A + C + E – A + C + E – A + C + E – A + C + E – F + A + C – F + A + C – C + E + G – C + E + G – G + B + D – G + B + D – G + B + D – G + B + D – F + A + C – F + A + C – G + B + D – G + B + D – A + C + E – A + C + E – A + C + E – A + C + E – C + E + G – C + E + G – G + B + D – G + B + D – C + E + G – C + E + G – C + E + G – C + E + G – C + E + G – E + G + B – B + G – E + G + B – B + G – E + G + B – B + G – A + E + G – D + F + A + D – G + B + D + G – C – E – G – E – E – G – B – G – A – C – E – C – A – C – E – C – F – A – C – A – C – E – G – E – G – B – D – B – G – B – D – B – F – A – C – A – G – B – D – B – A – C – E – C – A – C – E – C – C – E – G – E – G – B – D – B – A – C – E – C – A – F + A + C + F – G + B + D + A – A + C + E + A – C + E + G + C – C + E + G + C – C + E + G + C – C + E + G + C – G + B + D + G – G + B + D + G – G + B + D + G – G + B + D + G – G + C + E + G – C + E + G – C + E + G – C + E + G – C – E – G – C – E – G – C – E – E – F – G – A – C – G – C
By playing all these notes in succession, you’ll be able to accompany Can’t Help Falling in Love on the piano with your left hand.
Repeat this sequence of notes over and over until you know the song inside out.
Can’t Help Falling in Love on the piano: the notes of the left hand.
In the same way as for the right hand, we prepared a video tutorial showing the notes to be played with your left hand. You’ll be able to see in real time all the notes you have to play in succession, as well as the overall rhythm of the music.
Play the notes of Can’t Help Falling in Love with the left hand on an interactive app
The La Touche Musicale app waits for you to play the correct note with your left hand on your piano before moving on to the next.
Congratulations! You can now play this iconic song on the piano with both hands!
Let’s take the next step: play it with both hands simultaneously on the keyboard.
It takes a long time for any beginner to learn dissociation on the piano, and for our brains to manage the information better.
To improve your ease in this area, let’s tackle the following method. The idea is to proceed in short sequences of a few seconds on the song.
Take, for example, the first 5 seconds of the song you want to play on the piano. Start playing the notes of the right hand during these first 5 seconds and repeat the sequence several times until you have mastered it. Then play the left-hand notes on the same passage and repeat the sequence several times until you’ve mastered it. Finally, play both hands at the same time for the first 5 seconds. Once you’ve mastered these sequences with both hands, move on to the next 5-second sequence and repeat the above steps.
As a result, you’ll learn new note sequences faster and faster. Thanks to this technique, you’ll become much more at ease.
Can’t Help Falling in Love on the piano: the notes of both hands.
The last video shows you the notes of the music to be played with both hands at the same time on your keyboard. Look carefully at the variations in tempo and note coordination between the two hands. Sometimes, some of them will have to be played at the same time. Other times, they’ll have to be played one after the other.
Don’t forget to pause the video when the notes reach the virtual keyboard. This will allow you to reposition your fingers on the piano and play the notes at the right moment.
Note: on the app La Touche Musicale, you can position your fingers without the piece being paused. You have the Play mode, which lets you progress when you play the right notes.
Play the notes of Can’t Help Falling in Love with both hands on an interactive app
The La Touche Musicale app waits for you to play the right notes with both hands on your piano before moving on to the next.
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The main aim of this tutorial was to teach you how to play Can’t Help Falling in Love on the piano. But we also thought it would be interesting for you to download the score of this timeless romantic ballad.
Go to the link to download the sheet music for Can’t Help Falling in Love in pdf format. You’ll be able to print it out and play it anywhere, anytime.
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