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Canon in D

Couples love including instrumentalists in their wedding ceremonies but are often at a complete loss for what music to play. Does this sound familiar?

When your church wedding music plans are to just have the usual organ or piano providing the music, it’s not too difficult to figure out what your music choices are (especially if you’re searching this site or our church wedding music guide).

What music is good for an instrument to play?

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I’ve got wedding music ideas for you of a most popular type: trumpet wedding music.

The trumpet is one of the oldest musical instruments we know about. Trumpets are often associated with festive, ceremonial occasions—including weddings.

I’m sure this is no surprise to you. The standard wedding repertoire is full of pieces with names like “trumpet voluntary” and “trumpet tune”. [Read the full article…]

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Pachelbel's Canon: What You Probably Don't Know

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How many weddings have you been to where you haven’t heard Pachelbel’s Canon in D? Ever wonder how this piece got to be so famous?

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Want Some More Instrumental Wedding Music?

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A few weeks ago, I posted an article with some instrumental wedding music ideas. Here are even more ideas for you. [Read the full article…]

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The Wedding Processional (part 3)(Part 3 of a 4-part article)

You want your wedding processional music to express your joy, not make your guests yawn!

I discussed in the first part of this article that the focus of the processional is not the music itself, but that the music underscores the significance of the processional in a Christian wedding.

The processional music ought to convey great joy over what is about to occur. Makes sure that your choice of music helps people feel your joy. You don’t want your choice of music to not even be noticed (or worse, to make them yawn)! If the music is not distinctive, your expression of joy might be lost on your guests and your ceremony may not be that memorable.

In the previous parts of this article, I discussed ceremony details that affect your choice of processional. This time, I’ll look at how you might be able to try a different approach to commonly used processionals if you really have your heart set on one of them. [Read the full article…]

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What Everyone Ought to Know About Wedding Processional Music

This article will help you choose your wedding ceremony processional music.

95% of brides chose Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary as their processional. How personal can their wedding ceremony be if everyone else is choosing the same music? This is the first part of a four-part article from Wedding Music Unveiled looking at the wedding ceremony Processional, discussing the mood you want to set, choosing music, and both common & uncommon pieces of music to use in your wedding.

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6 Wedding Ceremony Pieces of Music Everyone Ought to Avoid

Here are some of the most commonly-used pieces in wedding ceremonies today that are so overused that they are no longer effective.

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