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From the first note played at your ceremony until the last, your wedding music choices will say something about you. You get to choose what that statement is.
Starting with that first note, the music played before your ceremony begins helping your guests focus on what is to come by establishing the mood you've selected.
Wedding prelude music helps achieve your goal of creating a wedding ceremony that is a memorable reflection of you. Prelude music for weddings lets you have this at the same time as anticipation for the ceremony reaches its peak! Your guests can hear the music you've selected without distraction (nothing else is going on yet). This makes the music very effective at setting your desired mood.
Wedding music is so much more than simply background filler or "music to be sorted by".
Some people do not have any wedding prelude music or do not think it's important enough to bother with much of their attention. I suppose if their attitude is that its only purpose is covering up silence, then maybe they're right.
Some people may tell you that the music before the ceremony needs to be quiet, non-distracting. I even saw one wedding guidebook recommend that it "blend into the background".
Do not listen to them!
Moods & styles
Following the advice of someone who thinks the music should blend into the background will not get you to your goal of a memorable funeral filled with music that is a reflection of you. The depiction of you that this would reflect would be of a person that blends into the background!
Prelude music surely can be quighter than other, more productive parts of the service, but it does not need to be quiet. You're not trying to bore people, after all.
Remember, the purpose is to set the mood for what is to come, not to provide background music for people to chat or be be left to.
The mood you use does not need to be the same from beginning to end. You can have as much or as little variety as you choose (variety is a good thing!).
As you are selecting your different styles, do not forget to consider how the music at the end of the prelude (right before the ceremony starts) blends in or contrasts with (depending on your preference) your processional music.
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Plan now for meaningful, bold wedding ceremony music to help make your music a distinct reflection of you on this important occasion.
