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How to play Can’t Help Falling In Love on piano
- E major
- 6/8
- 101 BPM
- Medium
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Learn Can’t Help Falling In Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C#m – B – E – F#m
How it goes
Can’t Help Falling In Love sits in E major: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C#m is C#, E and G#; B is B, D# and F#; E is E, G# and B; F#m is F#, A and C#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
C#mviBVEIF#mii- C#mC# · E · G#
- BB · D# · F#
- EE · G# · B
- F#mF# · A · C#
- 2
Left hand: Little rainbow
How it goes
Six notes up the chord and back down: an arch in one rocking bar. Musicians call it broken chord 1-3-5-8-5-3 (6/8) (broken chord), a medium pattern heard in 35 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pirate-stomp chords
How it goes
Three even chords that cut across the rocking bar, bold like pirates. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 101 BPM
How it goes
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
- 5
Ending: E – A – E
How it goes
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EAE- AA · C# · E
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Questions about Can’t Help Falling In Love
What chords are in Can’t Help Falling In Love?
The loop is C#m – B – E – F#m (vi – V – I – ii) in E major, and the song ends on E – A – E.
What key is Can’t Help Falling In Love in?
E major, at about 101 beats a minute in 6/8.
What does the left hand play in Can’t Help Falling In Love?
Little rainbow: broken chord 1-3-5-8-5-3 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Can’t Help Falling In Love easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.