Piano chords · Blues & boogie
Can't Help Falling In Love: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
- F major
- 4/4
- 60 BPM
- 1961
- Easy
Play the full song with sheet music
The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany Can't Help Falling In Love without reading music. The left hand plays velvet jazz (lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3)) and the right hand late-knock chords.
The main tune of Can't Help Falling In Love in letter notes
The real notes from a score, both hands, bar by bar. R is the right hand, L the left; C4 is middle C.
Can't Help Falling In Love accompaniment in letter notes
The Bb – C7 – F – Bb – Dm7 – C7 – F loop with velvet jazz in the left hand and late-knock chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
How to read the bar sheet
The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.
Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.
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Questions about Can't Help Falling In Love
What are the letter notes for the Can't Help Falling In Love piano accompaniment?
Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Bb – C7 – F – Bb – Dm7 – C7 – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Can't Help Falling In Love?
The loop is Bb – C7 – F – Bb – Dm7 – C7 – F (IV – V7 – I – IV – vi7 – V7 – I) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is Can't Help Falling In Love in?
F major, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Can't Help Falling In Love?
Velvet jazz: lh shell voicings (1-7 / 1-3), an easy 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?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 7 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Can I hear the real melody of Can't Help Falling In Love?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 5 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.