Are you stuck for wedding music ideas? Your music is part of setting the overall tone for your wedding.
What style of ceremony?
Religious or non-religious? Formal or relaxed? Traditional or quirky?
Your wedding ceremony music will emphasis your wedding feel. If you’re having a formal wedding then classical music is usually a good choice or if you’re having a Christian service you will most likely need some hymns. It’s ok to mix styles too! Having a traditional, formal wedding but want to walk down the aisle to a pop song? Go right ahead! You might be having a civil ceremony but want to have a hymn in the middle? That’s ok!
Traditional or Different?
Here is another wedding music idea to consider: Would you like to use familiar music or do you want something more unusual? Certain songs are very popular in weddings – and usually for a reason! Wagner’s Wedding March is such a classic wedding entrance that we sing the first line with the words “Here comes the bride”! As soon as the music starts everyone knows the bride has arrived and the wedding is about to start!
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he other hand, the Wedding March is used for so many weddings that maybe you would prefer something more unusual? Something to really express your personality? In this case the possibilities are endless!
Make sure it’s allowed!
Before finalising your wedding playlist, it is usually a good idea to run it past whoever is conducting the ceremony to make sure that all of the music you choose is suitable. This is particularly important if you’re having a religious ceremony. For example, some churches need Christian music during the middle of the ceremony but you might be free to use whatever you like for the entrance and exit. Sometimes for a civil ceremony they don’t allow any religious music. But in either case they might be fine if the music is instrumental so there are no words sung.