April Verch - Music

Steal the Blue * Canadian Fiddle Styles * Take Me Back
From Where I Stand *VERCHuosity * Fiddelicious
Fiddle Talk * Springtime Fiddle * No Other Would Do

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STRUNG - Band of Gypsies (2009)

When “the best Celtic guitarist in the world” sits down to

play with the onlywoman to win both the Canadian Grand

Masters Fiddle and Open Fiddle Champion ships, the

da Vinci of the dobro pulls up a chair, and one of the most

versatile bassists in roots music anchors it down,

"power quartet" just might fit the bill.

Doug Cox, Tony McManus, April Verch and Cody Walters are

the artists collectively known as Strung. Strung released their

debut CD, “Band of Gypsies” in January 2009.

Strung delivers an eclectic blend of roots music styles with an

expressive depth and intensity.

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(2008)

1.	Slip Away
2.	Some People
3.	My Friend Craig
4.	The Last Greyhound
5.	Long Way Home
6.	I Might Have One Too
7.	Fork Creek River
8.	You Hurt Me All Over Again
9.	Independence, VA
10.	The Lonely Road Back Home
11.	He's Holding On To Me
12.	Reels Tadoussac et Lindbergh

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(2008)

Expert fiddlers Brian Wicklund and Canadian fiddle master April Verch teamed up to delve into the dynamic world of Canadian fiddling. This intermediate-level book explores Canada's rich fiddle traditions including Old Time Canadian, French Canadian, Cape Breton and Métis. More than just a collection of great tunes, this book demystifies common ornaments and bowing patterns used in Canadian fiddling. The authors teach the simple melody to reels, jigs, hornpipes, waltzes, schottisches, airs and strathspeys and demonstrate how to create variations using the skills in the book. Great play-along CD is included. Click here to get more details!

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(2006)

1.	Take Me Back
2.	Grand Slaque
3.	All In A Night
4.	Monarch
5.	I Still Cry
6.	Eclipse
7.	Bride of Jesus
8.	Loggers in the Short Grass
9.	Tennessee Wagoner
10.	Cruel Moon
11.	Seven Years
12.	Tom, Brad & Alice
13.	Wings To Fly
14.	This Ottawa Valley

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(2005)

This book contains sheet music for 27 of April's compositions, many of which you will be familiar with from her five recordings, and some you may have only heard live, or never before!

Each tune is notated with bow markings, ornamentation, and chords for accompanists. There is also an introduction by April with detailed suggestions for using the book and for learning fiddle tunes in general, as well as some special pictures of April and many of the people she wrote tunes for.

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(2003)

1.	Fraser Valley Reel
2.	Reg and Irma's Waltz/Reel du Gadeliderto/Reel de St. Marc
3.	Spanish for Crown
4.	Light in the Window
5.	Bonnie Lass O'The Mornin'/Suite de Loudeac/Howling at the Moon/Sunset Over Scariff
6.	Faniuck's Fancy
7.	I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
8.	Ottawa Valley Medley: The Road to Fort Coulonge/Welder's Jig/Morning Star/One for Dugald/Blue Pacific Hornpipe
9.	August 19
10.	Dixie Hoedown
11.	Jean
12.	A Riverboat's Gone/Bumblebee in a Jug
13.	I Will Arise
14.	Partie de Quadrille des Verret

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(2001)

1.	William Gagnon
2.	Ross' Reel No. 4
3.	Britany
4.	Fire When Ready
5.	Traditional Reel Medley: Trip to Windsor/Back Up and Push/Dusty Miller/Woodchoppers Breakdown
6.	6/8 du Petit Sarny/Marche de Thomas Pomerleau /Reel Andre Alain
7.	Diabinho Malucco
8.	Eldon and Ethel
9.	Massif Central
10.	Lost Boy
11.	Marry Me
12.	Thomas Reel
13.	Le Bedeau de l'Enfer/La Contredanse a Pitou/Reel de la Broue
15.	Tribute to the Townsends: Ridgeway Merchant/Road to Lake Dore/Gilles Roy/Donnie Gilchrist's Breakdown
16.	The Old Rugged Cross

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(1998)

1.	Thanks to Emma
2.	Waiting for Home
3.	Marche des Ouvriers/Polka Sainte-Rose
4.	Chopman
5.	Bluebird Waltz
6.	The Unfortunate Rake/The Ballinakill Ditch/Barrel Rafferty's Jig
7.	Word's Aren't Enough
8.	Say Old Man
9.	Reel de Boucherville/Clog de Pariseau/Reel de Valleyfield
10.	Golden Memories
11.	A Reel Dare
12.	It's Gonna Cost Ya!
13.	Creaking Tree
14.	Nearer My God to Thee
15.	Jolly Dolly Polka/Juniper Jig/The Shetland Fiddler/Woodridge Breakdown

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(1995)

1.	Ralphy's Jig/Cape Breton Dream/Irish Washer Woman/Angus Campbell/The Old Man and the Old Woman/Grizzly Bear/Walker Street/Jordan's Reel
2.	Pat's Two-Step/Fred and Wilma's Polka
3.	Silver Wishes
4.	Half Penny Reel/Wind That Shakes The Barley/Jamie Hardie/Dominion Reel
5.	G Minor Jig/Mowin' the Hay/Charlie Hunter's/Jig for the Duelings
6.	Jesse Polka
7.	April's Waltz
8.	Tribute to Ward Allen: Two-Step Polka/Pappy Daily's Breakdown/Pretty Betty Reel/Fishing Rod Reel
9.	Air/Sir Martin Rochford/New Year's In/Lady Anne Montgomery
10.	Bye Bye Blackbird
11.	Gospel Medley: Softly and Tenderly/Sweet Hour of Prayer/What a Friend
12.	Rolling Thunder Reel/Fiddler's Valley Reel/Comin' Home

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(1992)

1.	21 Years of Lovin'
2.	Buck Fever Rag
3.	Springtime Waltz
4.	Haymakers/Bay of Fundy
5.	Ragtime Annie
6.	How Great Thou Art
7.	Trip to Windsor/Sir Wilfred Laurier
8.	Step Dance Medley
9.	Adios Polka/New Brunswick Breakdown
10.	Two Step Medley
11.	Step Dance Medley

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(Ralph Verch)

1.	I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home
2.	Lake Dore Waltz
3.	All I Have to Offer You is Me
4.	Maple Sugar Sweetheart
5.	Family Bible
6.	Where the Alders Grow
7.	Bringing Mary Home
8.	Lord, I'm Ready
9.	No Other Would Do
10.	I've Still Got a Crush On You
11.	The Old Log Cabin
12.	Wabash Cannon Ball
13.	Hank Williams Medley
14.	Far Side Banks of Jordan
15.	My Old Brown Coat and Me
16.	The Wagon Song
17.	The Fiddler Has Played His Last Tune