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Music is one of the things at your wedding, which forms the part of a persona and helps one to set the mood of the wedding party. Choosing music for the wedding can be one of the most enjoyable tasks of the wedding planning. It can also be a good option when one wants to take a break from the busy and hectic preparations for the wedding. Some couples have an impression that music is not necessary for the wedding or they don’t find the task very important and leave it completely to the DJ. However, this should not be the case, as music helps to add an essence of entertainment and fun to the enjoyable and auspicious occasion like your wedding. Without music, your wedding can turn out to be quite a dull affair with a feeling of something missing from it. Moreover, it is always special to dedicate songs to your loved ones.

Since music played in the wedding can be heard by everyone and is crucial for setting up the right mood of the wedding party, it should be selected with utmost caution. For selecting the right kind of music for your wedding there are a few tips to remember.

It is essential to remember that music should not cater to only a single age group. This is because in every wedding there are people who belong to different age groups starting from children, teenagers, youth, to the elders. Thus, if music is of the choice of only one age group then the others will tend to get bored and sometimes even frustrated.

Second most important thing to remember while choosing your wedding playlist is that it should not contain any songs that may sound awkward or annoying when played aloud in an audience. There are many songs in your playlist that you may personally like but they may not be very decent to be played when you are being accompanied by your mother and grandmother.

Another thing that should be considered while selecting the songs for your wedding is that they should not all be dance numbers as a wedding should not have a complete dance party feel to it.

Next point to remember is selecting the right DJ or band. Make sure whatever you hire for the music requirements of your wedding, be it a band or a DJ, you explain your music specifications as well as any restrictions very clear to them. A band could be a good option when you want to give an old school feel to your wedding.

Also, make sure that the playlist does not have too much variety in tempo and feel of music as constant switch of music from traditional, Bollywood, classical or romantic can many a times become frustrating for the audience.

Apart from the above tips, never forget to add your personal touch to your wedding playlist as music is the best way to add the essence of your personality to the wedding and convey your feelings for your partner and loved ones through music.

Music is probably the best form of emotional expression. No wonder then it plays a vital role in a marriage. In a culturally hybrid society like ours, music aptly takes on the onus of expressing the joys and sorrows of the occasion and lives up to the responsibility.

Every nook and culture of India marries daughters and sons to some strains of accompanied music. This music is traditionally bequeathed and rings off a particular instrument. For example, most of the music played in South India is played on the nadswaram. The shehnai is another instrument favoured by many communities like the Gujaratis, Maharashtrians, and even the Bengalis. While the dholki or dholak are popular choices among the cultures of Punjab and Rajasthan.

Music in weddings celebrates not only the joy of the union but also the sanctity of it. Hence, there is a mix of traditional, classical, folk and spiritual songs that go with weddings. For the Punjabi and Christian weddings music adds a completely different dimension to the festivities. The Sangeet ceremony of the Punjabis is a fun function where lots of ribbing and teasing happens between both sides. The dholki (an elongated tabla) is a favorite instrument and the beat of the tabla sees many a relative matching time with it, with great gusto. The sangeet ceremony includes songs ranging from the verses from the love ballads of Waris Shah, to the travails of the bahu in her sasural, to slightly bawdy lyrics with naughty puns and innuendoes. Special dholwalis are invited for the occasion to add that special touch. These days though, it is the live bands and disc jockeys who have taken up the mantle.

Accompaniment of music is an important trademark displaying the relationship between music and Indian weddings. Traditional songs and dances abound in Islamic weddings too especially during the mehendi function. In the pithi dastoor ceremony among the Rajputs, the dholans, (women singers with dholak) sing auspicious pre-wedding songs while the ceremony is in progress and then continue to be present throughout the wedding. This trend is seen among Tamilians too. The ritual of pallikai thellichal (where married women from both sides sprinkle water on pots filled with nine varieties of grain) is accompanied with traditional songs and music.

Celebration or worship, both tug at the emotional threads of man. Music acts as that balm or vehicle one may say which is the right channel on an occasion as sublime yet as festive as only a wedding can be