Can’t Help Falling in Love with ukulele

Which song comes to mind when you hear the name Elvis? Today is Elvis Presley’s birthday. And I can’t help falling in love with playing the ukulele. Awhile ago I had tabbed out the lead sheet of the song in C major for low G ukulele hinting at the arpeggiated triplet fingerpicking accompaniment. It’s actually easier in the key of F major on the high G ukulele. You decide.

My one-page PDF of the lead sheet for low G ukulele can be used as a duet. One person fingerpicks the melody while the other accompanies with chords.

Given it’s Elvis’ birthday, I decided to tab it out to see how exactly one would fingerpick the accompaniment.

The introduction is important to set the mood and tempo. Play the first verses as written and then move to the middle section below.

Return to the previous segment for verse three. And there you have it!

Born in Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935, Elvis Aaron Presley died in Memphis, Tennessee on August 16, 1977.

If you have a high G ukulele, you may be tempted to play the song in F major (below).

The middle section (i.e. the bridge) below is not as easy as the verse. What do you think?

Valentine’s Day is only a month away! We are celebrating it with love songs in 3 Chord Thursday on 6th February 2025 at the usual 3 PM EST in Zoom. Free to participate in the one-hour song session BUT you do need to subscribe to get on the mailing list for the Zoom link.

Practice suggestions

Familiarize yourself with the song. Fingerpick the melody notes. Finger and strum the chords. Then attempt to fingerpick the arpeggiated (broken) chords.

Access to the sheet music

• Download the one-page lead sheet in C major for low G ukulele and see if you can fingerpick the triplet broken chords.
• The pdfs will be e-mailed to all those who registered and paid for the 8-week Ukulele Winter 2025 course. See the Classes Webpage for further details.
• Annual subscribers to 3 Chord Thursday 2025 may request and receive these new arrangements as part of their package, for supporting the thematic song sessions for 2025.
• In due course, these arrangements will be available for purchase.

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Catalog of new music by Anne Ku

Below is what I know and have done so far and what I plan to do for this week. Each piece is followed by exercises to prepare and support that piece. The “day” column refers to the day in the project, starting on the 1st day of 2025. As you can see, I am several days ahead.