How To Select The Right Wedding Ceremony Music?
Selecting the right wedding ceremony music is quite a confusing task most about to be married couples have to face. Because the different guests invited for the wedding would have varied tastes, it is often not possible to include everybody's likings and tastes in the wedding music finally selected. The music finally chosen would depend on whether you wish to keep it traditional or you want to bring in something more contemporary. Always remember, it is your wedding so it is finally the two of you who would decide the final selected numbers that have to be played.
A wedding ceremony has many events for which you would need to choose appropriate music. These include the arrival and seating of the guests, the processional, the bride's entrance and the recessional. There are some traditional musical pieces which are usually played at these junctures.
Some All Time Wedding Music Favorites
If you are having a church wedding, it is usually best to stick to a traditional wedding music playlist. Some favorites for the prelude, that is when the guests are arriving, are:-
- Serenade by Schubert
- Air on a G String by Bach
- Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart
The Processional is when the wedding party enters just before the bride's entrance. It includes the entrance of the flower girls, bridesmaids and maid of honor. Some of the songs that can be played at this time are:-
- Wedding March by Mozart
- Canon in D by Pachelbel
- Trumpet Voluntary by Clarke
The bride's entrance is the most important part of the wedding ceremony music. The most popular song that is played during this time is "Here Comes The Bride" by Wagner. I'm sure that most brides would love to stick with this tradition at the very least.
The music that you choose for the actual marriage ceremony is also important. There are many soft and slow songs that can be played at this time. Some of the popular ones are:-
- Ode To Joy
- Coming Home
- This Ring
The Recessional is when the couple leaves the church after they have been declared husband and wife. The wedding ceremony music played at this time is usually a little peppier than the other sections of the wedding. You could choose some songs like Bridal Chorus, Chapel of Love or The Four Seasons. The Postlude is when the guests are leaving the church. You could have the same music as the one played for the prelude.
It does take some amount of thought as well of time to get the wedding ceremony music play list right. But once you have it all set you are surely going to love your selection. And because it is rightly said that 'old is gold', try and stick to the traditional wedding music for your wedding as is suits the tastes of all ages and genders.