“What is wedding prelude music?”
I get a lot of questions like this about wedding music.
I’m not surprised. In fact, this is the reason I started Wedding Music Unveiled—to help you make sense of church wedding music and make it easier for you to plan it.
If you are just starting out, you too might be confused by or unfamiliar with many wedding ceremony music terms.
Here’s a list of such terms with introductory-level definitions—explanations that work for you, not for musicians! This should put an end to the confusion.
Check out the end of the article for even more helpful information like this!
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This article is written by guest author Robert Cruz, pianist, organist and choir director. I appreciate him taking the time to write it for you!
Since a wedding ceremony in a church is first and foremost a worship service, it is very fitting to include hymns as part of your ceremony music.
Many wedding rites allow for the use of hymns at various points of the ceremony, often as the processional/recessional or interspersed with the readings. The lighting of the unity candle, if included in your wedding ceremony, is another appropriate point for a hymn. [Read the full article…]
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How about including a little birthday music to go with your wedding ceremony music? One of the world’s greatest composers, Johann Sebastian Bach, turned 325 this year on March 21.
The music world is celebrating! Why not join in the fun and include at least one piece by Bach in your wedding to help the world celebrate? At the very least, it’ll be a chance for you to show off with a piece of classical music trivia!
If you’re still looking for music for your wedding ceremony, whether it’s a song during the wedding, or a piece for a recessional, processional, postlude or prelude, Bach’s music might just be the perfect choice. [Read the full article…]
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Here are even more ideas for church wedding songs.
Do any of these situations apply to you?
- You’re having a hard time finding a song for your church wedding
- You need a good wedding song that’s appropriate for a church and just don’t have time to search high and low for it
- You’d like an easier-to-sing but still very nice sounding song [Read the full article…]
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Are you having trouble finding good wedding songs?
For some reason, picking wedding songs for use during the ceremony seems to be one of the more difficult musical choices a bride gets to make. When asked for recommendations, I can also find this to be challenging, and as a musician, I have access to a lot of music.
Why so difficult? (And then I have music ideas for you!) [Read the full article…]
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