Learn one of the most famous songs by Elvis Presley with Can’t Help Falling in Love easy violin sheet music, tutorials, and practice resources.

Can’t Help Falling in Love is such a sweet, classic love song. With its gentle melody and steady rhythm, it’s a great choice for beginner violinists to learn!

Today’s post will walk you through how to learn this song with sheet music, free warm ups, and practice tips. Keep reading to get started!

Piano Accompaniment

In addition to the sheet music, I’ve also made a piano accompaniment track for this song! Playing with accompaniment will help you with timing and musicality. Plus, it’s fun!

You can download the piano accompaniment for free down below!

Violin Tutorial

Can’t Help Falling in Love is one of the most well-known songs recorded by Elvis Presley. He released it in 1961 for the film Blue Hawaii.

The song was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss, and the melody is based on an old French song, Plaisir d’amour.

Over the years, many artists have recorded their own versions, including popular covers by UB40 and A-Teens. Today, the song is a popular choice at weddings and special events, and its simple melody makes it a great choice for beginner violinists.

Check out my video tutorial with easy to follow sheet music, play throughs, and practice tips below:

Easy Tutorial

In the video, I first play through the song. Then we go through a slower practice play along and slow piano accompaniment, and finally, a full tempo play along and piano accompaniment for you to practice with.

Practice Tips

Here are a few tips to help you learn this piece step by step

1 Key Signature: D Major

This song is in the key of D Major, which means we have F♯ and C♯ in the key signature. We play F♯ with a high 2nd finger on the D string, and C♯ with a high 2nd finger on the A string.

I recommend practicing the D Major scale and arpeggio before practicing the song. Doing this will help you memorize your finger placements and improve intonation.

You can download the D Major scale warmups for free here:

2 Bowing and Tone

Imagine how Elvis would sing this song: everything sounds connected and warm. We can recreate that sound on the violin in a few ways:

• Focus on smooth, even detaché bow strokes to naturally connect each note to the next.
• Use long bows to match the vocal sound: more bow means a more consistent sound.
• Keep the bow steady (not too heavy or light, and not too fast or slow) to create a warm sound.

3 Rhythm

While this song follows a very steady tempo with simple half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes, we also have a different type of rhythm: quarter note triplets.

Quarter note triplets are three quarter notes contained in a bracket labeled with a 3. We want to fit these three notes in the span of two beats. This means that technically each note will receive two thirds of a beat.

It can take a moment to become accustomed to this rhythm, so try it on the D Major scale: play each individual pitch of the scale as a group of quarter note triplets with a metronome set at a moderate pace for quarter note beats.

Learn More

Want to learn fun songs with sheet music, tutorials, and practice insights? Check out the Sheet Music Library or consider joining Julia’s Violin Academy, where you can learn your favorite music and essential technique through video lessons and personal feedback. Hope to see you there!

Be sure to purchase the violin sheet music for Can’t Help Falling in Love, along with the free scale warmup and piano accompaniment before you go. Let me know in the comments what you’d like to learn next, and happy practicing in the meantime!