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Music at a funeral can touch places where words cannot reach. Choosing music for the funeral can help you to remember the person who has died and can be a really important part of the service. There is much more flexibility in music and how it is played at a funeral service especially in crematoriums and chapels of rest and sometimes people are encouraged to choose very unlikely music. Although this can make the service personal, we do think that it is important to remember the solemnity of marking someone's passing. Doing something 'for a laugh' can break the deep mood of the service but it can also deny the chance to grieve and make light of the deep feelings that are around. So choose well, and choose music that is personal but also allows those attending the funeral to feel deeply and enter into the opportunity of remembering the person that has passed. Funerals are to celebrate the deceased person but they also need to mark with seriousness the fact that the person has departed. Music can really help this.

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