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Do you want your prelude wedding songs to be a jumbled collection of pieces thrown together?
Or would you like them to sound as if they were crafted together for the sole purpose of making your wedding ceremony an occasion to remember?
Here’s a tip for you that will help make your prelude music work together to help achieve the goal of setting the mood for your ceremony and culminate in its start – your procession down the aisle. [Read the full article…]
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If you just can’t find the right ceremony music for your wedding or you’re incredibly busy, you may be tempted to just ask your musician to pick something for you.
Don’t worry. All hope for having memorable ceremony music that reflects you is not completely lost (see Music That Reflects You) if you decide to do this!
But there are a few things to think about before you ask to make sure you actually get results you’re looking for (and not simply offloading a task to someone else).
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The trumpet is a spectacular instrument and makes a great choice for your wedding ceremony.
It’s a little less common than it used to be, but that’s no problem. Less common is a good thing!
A trumpet can be the source of festive brilliance as well as gentle warmth in your music.
In this article I’ll provide you more ideas for trumpet music for weddings – which you’ll appreciate if you’re planning to include a trumpet in your wedding ceremony music. In addition to the ideas here, check out these from the earlier article, 14 Brilliant Ideas for a Brilliant Instrument: Trumpet Wedding Music.
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Let me show you a sample wedding ceremony.
If you need more, you can find 30 pages of sample ceremonies with my Guide to Selecting Memorable Church Wedding Music.
I want to take a closer look at one of them in this post in the hope that it will help you as you put yours together.
Click on the thumbnail image below to see the sample wedding ceremony and then the rest of the article will discuss it.
Note that if you receive my newsletter, you may have already seen this sample wedding ceremony – I included it as a bonus a few issues back.
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Did you know that two of the world’s greatest composers had their 325th birthdays in 2010? And they both wrote lots of great wedding music? Well, they may not have written it to be used as wedding music, but we’ve since put it to good use!
Back in March, the world celebrated Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday. But a month earlier was Georg Frideric Handel’s birthday. I’m finally getting around to a much-belated birthday recognition for him.
Like Bach, Handel’s music remains popular today. One of his works is recognized by almost everyone: his famous and loved Hallelujah chorus from the oratorio “Messiah”, which itself is also extremely well-known, with performances of it heard regularly, especially during the Christmas holiday period.
I wonder if it’s because the music of Bach and Handel is so well-known and loved that even today much of it still appeals to couples planning their weddings.
In any case, to celebrate this major birth anniversary, here are my favorite Handel wedding music suggestions! [Read the full article…]
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