Wedding Ceremony Music

Wedding Ceremony Music

Executive summary about wedding ceremony music by Alison Cole

Wedding music plays a significant part in every wedding ceremony.

Religious Wedding Ceremony

If you want a religious wedding ceremony, choosing the wedding music is not a very difficult task for you since the church usually has standards concerning this. Often, there is a choir that will be singing the hymns and the church organist will play various wedding music just like when the bride starts to walk down the aisle.

Civil Wedding Ceremony

Meanwhile, if you want a civil wedding ceremony like a garden wedding, there is a broader range of musical styles for your wedding music. You can choose romantic jazz, modern love themes, traditional folk tunes, and other romantic types of music that may possibly suit your style.

Wedding ceremony music is basically secondary to the ceremony itself. The wedding ceremony, whether it is religious or civil, will be more memorable if the appropriate wedding ceremony music is played.

Choosing Unique Wedding Ceremony Music

Executive summary about wedding ceremony music by DJ Craig W

Making your wedding ceremony a true original can be as easy as choosing just three special songs. While tradition still has its place, most Brides and Grooms are now choosing to use non-traditional wedding ceremony music. Those about to wed have requested Slow Rock, Love Songs, Latin Guitar, New Age, Classic 40's Vocals, Pop Songs, Oldies and just about everything else.

Choosing Your Songs

Once you've made your list you can then edit it for potential Processional Song candidates.

Remember that in general, a Processional Song should have a slow cadence for those walking down the aisle.

Choices have included songs by Nat King Cole, Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Mark Cohn, Peter Gabriel, Enya, The Beatles, Shania Twain, Vangelis, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Tony Bennett, Edwin McCain, Vangelis, Faith Hill, Etta James, Sade and Soundtrack Songs. We custom edited Van Halen's "When It's Love" for one Bride who wanted the instrumental part of the song for her Processional. Search for different arrangements or unusual Classical songs to give your ceremony a unique sound.

Should all the songs in your ceremony have a consistent sound or theme? A contrasting style between the Wedding Party Processional and the Bride's song can emphasize this important change. The song was full of drama and grand expression.

The pronounced difference in song styles increased the poignancy of the Bride's appearance and the entire ceremony.

Recently a Bride chose a lesser known classical piece for her walk down the aisle. We edited it so that the crescendo of the song timed perfectly with the Bride's appearance.

Another Bride-to-be chose "Once Upon a Time... Storybook Love" from the movie The Princess Bride. If you're going Classical for the wedding ceremony music, remember that there may be quite a few different versions of many songs.