Wedding Ceremony Music

[Class n Sass]

My band leader wants to give me a trio (flute, violin and cello) for my ceremony for $450. I contacted a conservatory of music near my home and they want to give me a guitar and flute for $250. Now I like the price of $250 but I am not sure about the idea of a guitar and a flute. The woman swears that the two will sound great together. She actually said the guitar would saound like a harp which I was also leary about. She even went as far to say that a flute and a violin/cello won''t complement each other very well. What are you thoughts?

 

[rmkwebdesign]

I''m a professional musician...an organist who has played numerous weddings, and college music educator.

Flute and guitar will be very nice, if you''re interested in a very light, "folk-like" sound. Flute, violin, and cello will sound fine. It wouldn''t be my first choice, but neither would flute and guitar! I like grand, regal, and royal for wedding music, rather than subued and dainty. But, that''s just me.

Flute and guitar will sound fine.

 

[Class n Sass]

rmkwebdesign....I were to want more of a grand regal sound what instruments should I request?

 

[rmkwebdesign]

If in a church with an organ, then organ plus trumpet (if possible), and upto organ plus brass quartet/quintet. If not at a church, then a small brass ensemble, quartert/quintet would be very grand. Nothing beats organ & brass, in my opinion, for grand/regal.

 

[brazen_irish_hussy]

I am going to disagree, but then most of the music I like is not for brass. We are having a string quartet since that is the best to play the Vivaldi, Rodrigo and some of the Bach we are using. We picked the music we wanted and then picked the type of ensamble based on that rather than the other way around. It will be very grand, just not as dramatic as brass.

 

[rmkwebdesign]

Are you disagreeing with brass sounding regal? String quartet, to me, says, refined/elegant. Which is not bad, but it doesn''t say royalty/grand/regal. That falls in the brass/organ department.

Not saying I don''t like string quartet music. Just that I do not think 4 string instruments can pull off "grand processional." "Dainty processional," maybe, but not grand.

 

[doodle]

Date: 5/4/2008 11:48:23 PM
Author: rmkwebdesign
Are you disagreeing with brass sounding regal? String quartet, to me, says, refined/elegant. Which is not bad, but it doesn''t say royalty/grand/regal. That falls in the brass/organ department.


Not saying I don''t like string quartet music. Just that I do not think 4 string instruments can pull off ''grand processional.'' ''Dainty processional,'' maybe, but not grand.

i agree with this completely. my cousin just got married last weekend, and i''m getting married in october. the two o f us are night and day opposites. for her wedding, she used an organ and a trumpet, and it was pretty--regal really is the only word that truly defines it. i, on the other hand, am pretty subdued and having something that bold is just a little intimidating to me, so i personally like the strings better. i''ve been playing the you know what out of the various strings arrangements on vitaminrecords.com because i want something that sounds classic but without being the traditional wedding selections, and this site has strings arrangements of TONS of rock songs. i would love to use their arrangements of coldplay''s "yellow" or "clocks". ultimately, you need to figure out what kind of vibe you want for your day, and it''d definitely help to actually hear the various groups play something. i wouldn''t take someone else''s word for what I''M going to like at my wedding! just my $.02!