Wedding Songs For Your Ceremony
Wedding songs can be a lovely addition to a wedding.
Which wedding songs should you use?
Do you need a soloist for the wedding songs?
How do you go about finding wedding songs that are appropriate for the ceremony?
Many wedding sites have ideas and suggestions for wedding songs. Online wedding
sites may list wedding songs that are appropriate for every type of wedding.
Wedding sites may also have lists of musicians in your area who can perform the
wedding music.
Carolyn Burke - Wedding Liaison provides resources to ANY TYPE of musician.
If you are planning to be married in a church or other place of worship, the priest, minister, or director of music will be
able to answer any questions you have about wedding songs. You will need to decide which wedding songs you want to
use. It will also be important to think about whether you want to have the guests sing any of the wedding songs or if you
would prefer to have a soloist.
There are many people who choose to have wedding songs sung by a soloist or small group of musicians. This decision is
one that should be made with some thought. Cousin Alfred may have offered to sing at your wedding but it would be a
good idea to make sure you are a fan of his voice. Have you ever been to a wedding and wondered what the bride or
groom was thinking when they agreed to have that particular soloist sing?
Vocal music is probably the aspect of your wedding music selection where you will want to have the most personal
involvement, since the songs include lyrics and you will want them to be especially meaningful for you. Where can you find
songs with just the right lyrics that will be acceptable in a your ceremony setting? And preferably something you haven't
heard at a hundred other weddings?
First, ask your vocalist or accompanist for suggestions. Have them show you their sheet music for the songs they suggest,
and when you find one with lyrics you like, have them play or sing that song for you.
Before deciding whether the songs suggested by your musicians are really what you want, check out the lyrics to some
other wedding songs, which you may be able to find on the Internet. You may find something that more closely expresses
what you want to say than the songs suggested by your musicians.
© 2004 WEDDINGBELLS Publication, Inc.
Wedding songs can be a lovely addition to a wedding.
Which wedding songs should you use?
Do you need a soloist for the wedding songs?
How do you go about finding wedding songs that are appropriate for the ceremony?
Many wedding sites have ideas and suggestions for wedding songs. Online wedding
sites may list wedding songs that are appropriate for every type of wedding.
Wedding sites may also have lists of musicians in your area who can perform the
wedding music.
Carolyn Burke - Wedding Liaison provides resources to ANY TYPE of musician.
If you are planning to be married in a church or other place of worship, the priest, minister, or director of music will be
able to answer any questions you have about wedding songs. You will need to decide which wedding songs you want to
use. It will also be important to think about whether you want to have the guests sing any of the wedding songs or if you
would prefer to have a soloist.
There are many people who choose to have wedding songs sung by a soloist or small group of musicians. This decision is
one that should be made with some thought. Cousin Alfred may have offered to sing at your wedding but it would be a
good idea to make sure you are a fan of his voice. Have you ever been to a wedding and wondered what the bride or
groom was thinking when they agreed to have that particular soloist sing?
Vocal music is probably the aspect of your wedding music selection where you will want to have the most personal
involvement, since the songs include lyrics and you will want them to be especially meaningful for you. Where can you find
songs with just the right lyrics that will be acceptable in a your ceremony setting? And preferably something you haven't
heard at a hundred other weddings?
First, ask your vocalist or accompanist for suggestions. Have them show you their sheet music for the songs they suggest,
and when you find one with lyrics you like, have them play or sing that song for you.
Before deciding whether the songs suggested by your musicians are really what you want, check out the lyrics to some
other wedding songs, which you may be able to find on the Internet. You may find something that more closely expresses
what you want to say than the songs suggested by your musicians.
© 2004 WEDDINGBELLS Publication, Inc.
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