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Offline eyeballnick

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Wedding Pieces
on: July 08, 2008, 03:14:29 PM
Im playing at a wedding soon, anyone know any nice "background" romantic pieces that i could play??????
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Re: Wedding Pieces
Reply #1 on: July 08, 2008, 04:49:44 PM
Quote from: eyeballnick on July 08, 2008, 03:14:29 PM
Im playing at a wedding soon, anyone know any nice "background" romantic pieces that i could play??????

Got a folder of wedding music from my uncle. It includes:

Pachelbel - Canon in D
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
wedding march from Lohengrin
wedding march from Midsummer Night's Dream - okay, they're not really romantic but they're included in the folder because they're wedding marches
Schubert - Ave Maria
Bach-Gounod - Ave Maria
Chopin - Etude in E Op. 10 No. 3 - if I'm not mistaken, the melody was used in a song "No Other Love"
Wedding Song (There is Love)
The Masterpiece
The Anniversary Waltz
The Wind Beneath My Wings


Speaking of Chopin and classical melodies used in songs, if you can play the Polonaise in A flat, that would be cool and it's a plus if some old people recognize the melody. "Till the end of time, tararara-tarara..."
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Re: Wedding Pieces
Reply #2 on: July 08, 2008, 04:58:35 PM
This list is pretty good. From the more... traditional... repertoire...

Some of Grieg's Lyric Pieces may be fitting, Schubert Impromptus/Moments Musicaux could work, too. There may be a good Chopin Nocturne, too... Smetana's Czech Dances would also be cool. From the older repertoire, a Beethoven Bagatelle or some Mozart. It depends on the character of the wedding. (Personally, I'd just improvise my way through, perhaps tossing some of the aforementioned repertoire in there...)
How about some jazzy stuff?

You also don't have to play complete pieces - just make a medley from some good parts, if you're up to it. Or piano transcriptions of the best-known hits, both classical and not-so-classical.

And if there's a cake battle, revert to the good old Diabolical Suggestions... ;D
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Re: Wedding Pieces
Reply #3 on: July 08, 2008, 06:07:24 PM
hehe thanks guys :D
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