Tips on Choosing Your Wedding Musicians

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Choosing your wedding music and musicians should never be underestimated. It is a tricky business. The possibilities are simply as wide as the world of song and sound. What’s important is, you clearly itemize everything to avoid any unpleasant surprises on you big day.

Here are some of the important elements you should look into when you choose your wedding musicians.

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Understanding the Sonata and Sonatina Form

A Sonata is a musical composition of several contrasting movements for one or two instruments. A symphony is a sonata for orchestra; a quartet is a sonata for four instruments and a concerto is a sonata for solo instrument and orchestra.

The term sonata form or sonata-allegro form refers to the design or plan frequently used in the first movement. It has three main parts: exposition, development, and recapitulation. Each of these main parts has sections arranged according to key relationships.