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"I&amp;#39;m all for personalizing your wedding music with songs that are meaningful to you. But if you do this, it&amp;#39;s just going to be awkward for everyone\u2026\nPinterestFacebookBride walking down aisle, arm linked with father&amp;#39;s, smiling\nPHOTO: Getty ImagesI once went to a wedding ceremony in a beautiful old church. The space was extremely traditional with worn wooden pews, stained-glass windows, and an organist.\nAnd what did the couple ask the organist to play for the wedding party processional? Why &amp;quot;Bitter Sweet Symphony,&amp;quot; by the Verve, of course.\nThat, in itself, isn&amp;#39;t necessarily problematic. What was uncomfortable was that it was clear how uncomfortable the church organist was. In fact, she played the tune with such hesitation, it seemed as though she never looked at the sheet music before.\nPerhaps she hadn&amp;#39;t. She stumbled through the song, sometimes hitting wrong keys, too many keys, and too few keys. And she never quite nailed the rhythm. It wasn&amp;#39;t for lack of talent, though. Her rendition of &amp;quot;Ave Maria&amp;quot; was goosebump-inducing.\nThe lesson? Well, there are a few. Choose fitting songs for your musicians. Nontraditional songs can sound great on the instruments you&amp;#39;d least expect to play them (I once heard a harpist do &amp;quot;Something,&amp;quot; by The Beatles, flawlessly!), or they can have the opposite effect, as in the case above. If you&amp;#39;re settled on a certain musician, hear her play the song you have in mind before you commit to using it. Lesson number two: Give your musicians a chance to learn and practice songs that are new to them. If you&amp;#39;re short on time or they&amp;#39;re not willing to rehearse more than once, choose tunes in their repertoire. If not, their version of the song will be far from ideal. Lastly, consider your wedding ceremony venue. An historic Catholic church probably isn&amp;#39;t the best place for post-grunge-era Brit Pop.\nWho is playing wedding music at your ceremony? What songs are you using? Do you like the idea of having traditional instruments play modern songs? What about modern instruments playing traditional songs?\nMore About Wedding Music__\nWhat Song Always Makes You Hit the Wedding Dance Floor?\nWhy Songs on the Radio Make Great Wedding Songs\nWould You Let Your Guests Vote on Your Wedding Music?\n__More Ways to Get Glamour\nVisit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10!\nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nFollow us on Twitter\nAdd us to your iGoogle homepage\nPhoto: Michael Blann"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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