Minimony

Congratulations! You can walk to anything you want, is there a song that speaks to you? If you want instrumental only, look for piano or orchestra versions of your favorite songs.

View Quoted Comment That’s interesting actually, I like that idea, thank you!

Do you have a favorite song? I agree with the previous post that instrumentals is a good idea. That’s what I’m using!

This is entirely up to you. I recommend you pick a song that is special to you.

View Quoted Comment Did you find a wedding instrumental playlist or just find different songs on your own? I’m having a minimony too (only immediate family) and I’m trying to figure out if I need my fiancé’s cousin (who is a dj) to create a ceremony and reception playlist to play through the sound system at the venue or if I can just create the playlist on my own. It seems like it creating my own may be overwhelming.

View Quoted Comment I found the songs on my own. Once I found the songs I looked around for the instrumentals and created my own playlist

We had 15 guests. Our violinist played Canon D for our processional and it was so lovely. It’s a popular pie d for a wedding.

Popular piece, not pie. 🤦‍♀️

View Quoted Comment I just need one song for the ceremony basically, we’re just having dinner somewhere after because our bigger reception is next year hopefully and I’m trying to keep this wedding stress free if I can lol. I’m definitely gonna be looking into an instrumental song.

View Quoted Comment Yeah I need to do my homework for sure.

View Quoted Comment Lol I get it. Thanks 😊

View Quoted Comment Thanks 😊 I guess it’s time for me to figure this stuff out since I have less than a month

View Quoted Comment Makes sense, and I don’t blame you. I may be trying to do too much. Lol!

View Quoted Comment Ok. Thank you. I think I’ve made myself believe that creating playlists for the ceremony and reception is harder than it is.

View Quoted Comment Yeah I’m def trying to keep it simple, not easy lol.

View Quoted Comment I’m not to tech savy luckily I only need the one song lol.

View Quoted Comment You sound like me. Lol!

You'll need the following: song(s) to play while guests are being seated (pre-ceremony music), song for wedding party to enter to (or just groom and officient), song for bride to enter, song for any special moments like unity candle (if needed), and song to exit (should be upbeat). That's it!


We had a spotify playlist for our minimony that was played through a speaker where one person just hit next. I just googled wedding ceremony music and picked from a few lists I found. Since just our parents were guests, we played songs they like before the ceremony started. Entry songs were instrumentals and exit had lyrics.

Just make sure you like the beginning of the song and that there isn't a long quiet intro. These songs won't play long enough to get to the chorus, so ensure you like the first 30-60 seconds. Oh, some songs have multiple versions and remixes (eg, the wedding march), so listen to different ones and pick the best sound for you!

View Quoted Comment Yes. I’m sure you’ll figure it all out!

View Quoted Comment You’re welcome. And I just pretty much made a playlist titled “wedding ceremony” on my phone and added about 10 choices. I still have th do my reception one though