80 Instrumental Wedding Songs For Each Moment

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Songs are essential for every stage of your wedding and the new trend is featuring instrumental wedding songs. The stages range from prelude to processional, ceremony to recessional, and reception. The music that serenades the guests, accompanies the bride, groom, or wedding party can make lasting memories.

Whether they’ve been well overplayed or not, incorporating instruments gives those new sounds and feel. So, if you’re getting married soonest, see our compilation of best instrumental songs for weddings to get the inspiration.

Instrumental Wedding Prelude Songs

These are wedding prelude songs instrumental played before the wedding ceremony starts. They create an ambiance of calm and merriness.

  1. It’s your day – by Yiruma
    Why choose: This song tells the couple it’s their day.
  2. Stay with me – by Vitamin String Quartet
    Why choose: Instrumental wedding music of promise.
  3. Just the way you are – by The Piano Guys
    Why choose: A song of perfection.
  4. Love me like you do – by Brooklyn Duo
    Why choose: It talks of perfect love.
  5. All of me – by Daniel Hang
    Why choose: This song is total submission to love.
  6. I’m yours – by Stringspace
    Why choose: This song emphasizes that they belong to each other.
  7. Love yourself – by Brooklyn Duo
    Why choose: It says everyone should always choose themselves first.
  8. Don’t stop believing – by Vitamin String Quartet
    Why choose: This song harps on keeping the faith.
  9. Thinking out loud – by Vitamin String Quartet
    Why choose: An adaptation of Ed Sheeran’s masterpiece.
  10. More than words – by The Piano Guys
    Why choose: A song of love and expression.


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Instrumental Wedding Songs To Walk Down The Aisle To

These are wedding processional songs instrumentals that usher the couple down the aisle. They can be traditional or modern songs.

  1. A day without rain – by Enya
    Why choose: This calming piece is perfect for outdoor weddings.
  2. All I want is you – by Bridesmaids Quartet
    Why choose: An adaptation of U2’s song.
  3. And I love her – by United Guitar Players
    Why choose: A romantic adaptation of Beatles.
  4. Better together – by Romeo love Juliet
    Why choose: This is a sensually cute acoustic rendition.
  5. Can’t take my eyes off you – by Trio Comodo
    Why choose: A slow violin classic.
  6. Endless love – by United Guitar Players
    Why choose: An adaptation from Diana and Lionel.
  7. Feels like home – by Edwina Hayes
    Why choose: A heartfelt and emotional acoustic guitar rendition.
  8. Forever – by Josh Vietti
    A combination of synth and violin for this song.
  9. Half of my heart – by Bridesmaids Quartet
    Why choose: An adaptation of John Mayer’s ballad.
  10. Light my fire – by Threeds
    Why choose: A synchrony of charming woodwind instruments, it’s whimsical.


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Instrumental Wedding Ceremony Songs

Instrumental wedding ceremony songs lend some emotion and depth to the ceremony. They’ll make you have a rethink of lyrical songs.

  1. Your song – by United Guitar Players
    Why choose: An Elton John’s adaptation, this is cheerful acoustic.
  2. Nocturne – by Frederic Chopin
    Why choose: This is a classically composed piano rendition.
  3. The meeting – by John Powell
    Why choose: Adapted from P.S I love you, it’s sweet.
  4. Wedding – by Craig Armstrong
    Why choose: This song is a romantic ceremony perfect movie adaptation.
  5. Sicilienne – by Maria Theresia von Paradis
    Why choose: A piece to bring elegance and royalty.
  6. And I love her – by George Martin
    Why choose: A Beatles classic rock song instrumental.
  7. Clocks – by 2Cellos ft. Lang Lang
    Why choose: This is an upbeat instrumental wedding song.
  8. Feels like home – by Edwina Hayes
    Why choose: This guitar piece brings happy tears.
  9. Attraversiamo – by Dario Marianelli
    Why choose: Italian romantic emotional piece meaning “let’s cross over” from the movies.
  10. Hampshire – by Adrian Johnston
    Why choose: Perfect instrumental for wedding ceremony rituals and pauses.


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Piano Wedding Song List

Wedding songs on a piano are best for wedding party entrance songs. Piano music for a wedding is cool, heartfelt, and charming.

  1. A thousand miles – by Vanessa Carlton
    Why choose: Perfect instrumental for walking down the aisle.
  2. Ordinary people – by John Legend
    Why choose: Modern instrumental wedding songs for ceremony prelude.
  3. Fallin’ – by Alicia Keys
    Why choose: An awesome feature for the first dance wedding songs.
  4. No one – by Alicia Keys
    Why choose: The piano version is an amazing vow-saying song.
  5. Love song – by Sara Bareilles
    Why choose: An emotional wedding processional song’s the piano best feature.
  6. Beautiful – by Christina Aguilera
    Why choose: A song telling the bride she’s a beauty.
  7. I’d die without you – by PM Dawn
    Why choose: The wedding first dance song perfection.
  8. Jar of Hearts – by Christina Perri
    Why choose: This song is perfect for cake cutting.
  9. Angel – by Sarah McLachlan
    Why choose: One of the best piano pieces for the bride.
  10. Lean on me – by Bill Withers
    Why choose: The processional music that remains timeless and evergreen.


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Guitar Wedding Songs

Wedding songs on a guitar are inspirational and have a calming effect. Acoustic guitar wedding songs still remain the most favorites.

  1. Recuerdos de la Alhambra – by John Williams
    Why choose: A romantic song well transcribed to acoustic guitar.
  2. Pachelbel’s Canon in D
    Why choose: One of the most emotive acoustic guitar recessional songs.
  3. Ave Maria – by Schubert
    Why choose: One of the best acoustic guitar wedding ceremony songs.
  4. Cavatina – by Stanley Myers
    Why choose: A very popular acoustic power ballad for many years.
  5. The wedding march – by Mendelssohn
    Why choose: A change from the church organ to the guitar.
  6. You’re the sunshine of my life – by Stevie Wonder
    Why choose: Romantic acoustic guitar piece.
  7. Hallelujah – by Leonard Cohen
    Why choose: A perfect blend of sacred, traditional, and ultra-romance.
  8. Romeo and Juliet – by Dire Straits
    Why choose: This is a melancholy guitar love theme.
  9. In my life – by Beatles
    Why choose: Wedding ceremony guitar music for the signing of the register.
  10. J S Bach, BWV 1007
    Why choose: A guitar blast for the procession of the bride.

Violin Wedding Songs

The violin is an elite instrument that makes violin songs for weddings take on a sophisticated style. See the songs below.

  1. Thunderstruck – by 2Cellos
    Why choose: Arguably the best violin wedding song for walking down the aisle.
  2. Beethoven’s 5 secrets – by the Piano Guys
    Why choose: A perfect instrumental wedding prelude music.
  3. I’m kissing you – by Des’ree
    Why choose: One of the best solo violin wedding songs.
  4. Best day of my Life – by American Author
    Why choose: Perfect for the first dance song.
  5. Jesu joy – by Ekseption
    Why choose: An exceptional and evergreen wedding processional song on the violin.
  6. Love me like you do – by Ellie Goulding
    Why choose: Great for saying wedding vows.
  7. First day of my life – by Bright Eyes
    Why choose: This is an instrumental wedding processional hit.
  8. Only Time – by Enya
    Why choose: This song is a perfect rendition for the cocktail hour.
  9. Butterfly waltz – by Brian Crain
    Why choose: A masterpiece for the first dance.
  10. Radetzky March – by King symphony orchestral
    Why choose: This violin piece for bridal wedding entrance.


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Bagpipes Wedding Songs

Bagpipe songs for a wedding are of Scottish origin. They are unique and with a mix of the traditional and modern blend.

  1. Highland wedding
    Why choose: One of the most popular bagpipe wedding songs from the 1800s.
  2. The Skye boat song
    Why choose: A romantic piece about the Isle of Skye boat.
  3. The wedding march
    Why choose: A popular bagpipe adaptation of the 1842 Mendelssohn song.
  4. Mairi’s wedding
    Why choose: Talks about the joy of marriage and endless possibilities together.
  5. She moves through the fair
    Why choose: It’s one of romance and has many versions.
  6. Flowers of Scotland – by Roy Williamson
    Why choose: More lyrics added by Thomas Moore.
  7. All those endearing young charms
    Why choose: Traditional Irish song that’s most covered, recomposed, and performed.
  8. Whiskey on the jar
    Why choose: This song is traditional and perfect for the reception party.
  9. Here comes the sun – by George Harrison
    Why choose: For the bridal ceremony grand entrance.
  10. I’m gonna be (500 miles) – by The Proclaimers
    Why choose: Ultra-perfection for a piece written in 45 mins.

Instrumental Love Songs For Weddings

For every stage of your wedding, you need love songs that appeal. See some instrumental love songs for the wedding below.

  1. Marry you – by United Guitar players
    Why choose: This is an acoustic adaptation of Bruno Mars’s song
  2. Lalaland – by Brooklyn Duo
    Why choose: Combination of piano and cello from the movie.
  3. Open arms – by Scott D Davis
    Why choose: A solo cover rendition of Journey’s classic anthem.
  4. Rather be – by Vitamin String Quartet
    Why choose: String adaptation of Bandits dance-pop song.
  5. Shape of you – by Vitamin String Quartet
    Why choose: An adaptation of Ed Sheeran’s song.
  6. Somewhere in time – by John Barry
    Why choose: An exceptional adaptation of classic romance movies.
  7. Stand by me – by Stringspace Orchestra
    Why choose: Perfect song for the saying of vows.
  8. Stand by you – by Rachel Platten
    Why choose: This is a great instrumental song for cutting the cake.
  9. Teenage dream – by Bridesmaids Quartet
    Why choose: A love song for the wedding first dance.
  10. Time after time – by Cyndi Lauper
    Why choose: This is for the couple’s last dance.


Listening to instrumental wedding songs will make you have to rethink lyrical songs. This is because, without the lyrics, there’s a different dedication to making the instruments appeal. This, in turn, has a way of calming everyone, tugging on emotions, and creating memories. We’ve compiled tons of songs for every wedding stage there is. And if you’re not sure about what songs to choose, check in with our list for some inspiration.

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