Can't Help Falling In Love (organ) (Elvis Presley) - Nord C1 Hammond B-3 Clonewheel Organ Clavia

(If you are interested in having the lyrics as subtitles, please, check out my new version of this take)

Here is my arrangement of 'Can't Help Falling In Love'.

I play the song at around the same tempo as the original. I have made a few changes to the chords and the bass line, in order to play the song as I percieve it.

'Can't Help Falling In Love' was originally recorded by Elvis Presley in 1961.

Here are the lyrics for the song:

Wise men say only fools rush in,
but I can't help falling in love with you.
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
if I can't help falling in love with you?

Like a river flows surely to the sea,
darling, so it goes
some things are meant to be.
Take my hand, take my whole life too.
For I can't help falling in love with you.

Like a river flows surely to the sea,
darling, so it goes
some things are meant to be.
Take my hand, take my whole life too.
For I can't help falling in love with you.
For I can't help falling in love with you.


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The organ is a Clavia Nord C1 - a Hammond B-3 clonewheel organ.

Nord C1 Registrations and Settings:
Upper 88 8000 000. Percussion On, Soft, Fast, Third. Chorus C2.
Lower 80 8000 000. Chorus C2.
Bass lower manual 80.
Leslie simulator Stop position.
Equalizer not used.
Overdrive not used.
Reverb Hall, Soft, 50%.
Tonewheel mode Vintage 2 (high level of tonewheel crosstalk and cable leakage artefacts).

The sound is recorded line out from the organ. No additional external effects, external amplifiers or speakers are used.

To be sure to watch this video with better picture and sound, please, choose the highest resolution available.
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Can't
• Help
• Falling
• In
• Love
• Elvis
• Presley
• Nord
• C1
• Hammond
• B-3
• Clonewheel
• Organ
• Clavia
• Rounder
• rounder2u

[Jaskarsis]

hey rounder! i was just wondering, to film, how do you do it? do you place a camera on a tripod, film from behind the organ and flip the footage around? or do you put a camera on a tripod behind you? or do you stick it to the roof :P

[rounder2u]

Hi Jaskarsis

'Stick it to the roof' is close, but no cigar :-)

This is how I do it: I bought a cheap CCTV wall-mounted arm, that extends right over the organ. The CCTV arm has a standard sized screw that fits the tripod mount hole of any camera or camcorder.

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[juno106g]

can i get the chords pls?

[rounder2u]

Hi juno

I have not written down the chords for my arrangement of this song. But I believe that my overhead camcorder perspective will make it not too difficult to see the chords/notes and my fingerings. The chords for this song are almost always minor and major chords, and their inversions.

If stuck somewhere, send a comment or message with the exact timestamp (e.g. 1:40) and I will reply with what chord (name and notes) I'm playing at that moment.

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[halfer0]

Great stuff, a song I can keep up with, still banging away at Green Onions(got the bass down)! Thanks Rounder

[rounder2u]

Hi halfer

Thanks!

You're doing it the right way as you are prioritizing the bass line! That's the foundation to build upon.

If you go for this song: start with the trademark A part to get into the flow/feeling of the melody. Then learn the lower manual B part.

The A part has a quarter note triplet phrase in the right hand played against 'regular' quarter notes in the left hand, that you might stumble on first, but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it with practice :-)

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[Jaskarsis]

@rounder2u allright well thanks... i might consider doing that if i dont manage to film properly. thanks again!

[rounder2u]

Hi danitz

Thanks!

Old tonewheels (B-3/C-3/A-100) and their new siblings, top-notch clonewheels (Nord C1/New B-3/Diversi DV Duo/Nord C2, etc) are very versatile instruments, arn't they.

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[danitz56]

that's great!! You can take any great song and make it even better by playing it on a B3.

[rounder2u]

Hi sirchunkalot

Thanks!

Keep swinging,

Rounder