SCDH Gathering 2026
Not a festival, no workshops just a chance to get together and play some music,
IN PERSON.
Listeners welcome!
PCC (Presbyterian Church of the Covenant)
2850 Fairview Rd., Costa Mesa, CA
Site of some prior SCDH festivals.
Easy parking at the church lot.
Just say you are going to the SCDH JAMS
AND NOT the OC County Fair down the street!
See Below OR
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WHEN
Saturday, July 18, 2026
1:30–3:45pm
3 JAMS in separate rooms
4:00–4:30pm.
All join to play together
THE THREE JAMS
See suggested tune lists for your instrument below.
Tune lists and resources are also posted as PDFs to download from
www.scdh.org.
Hammered Dulcimer
Led by Patti Amelotte
Fellowship Hall
Mountain Dulcimer
Led by Doug Thomson & Leo Kretzner
Choir Room
All (Other) Instruments
Led by Terry Gucwa
Fireside Room
…plus a short list for the ALL TOGETHER finale.
Please RSVP
Email dulcimer@scdh.org with your Name, Email address, and Instrument so we can plan.
Music-Related Consignments Table
Bring your items looking for new homes — to resell ($10 donation to SCDH for any instrument resell), OR donate the item to SCDH for resell. Checks & cash only.
HAMMERED DULCIMER JAM TUNES
Suggestions — Led by Patti Amelotte
Download / print the Hammered Dulcimer TUNE LIST (PDF)
- Angeline the Baker (D)
- Ashgrove (G)
- A Soalin (Em) – round
- Auld Lang Syne (G) – Olde & Trad
- Battle Cry of Freedom (G)
- Black Nag (Am)
- Boys of Bluehill (D)
- Britches Full of Stitches (A)
- Butterfly (Em)
- Cold Frosty Morning (Am)
- Denis Murphy’s / John Ryan’s (D)
- Dona Nobis Pacem (G) – round
- Eighth of January (D)
- George Brabazon 2nd aire (G)
- Greensleeves (Am)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (D)
- Harvest Home Hornpipe (D)
- Hushed Whisper of Spring (Am) – round
- I’ll Buy Boots for Maggie (Am)
- Irish Washerwoman (G)
- Kesh Jig (D)
- Liberty (D)
- Midnight on the Water (D)
- Mississippi Sawyer (D)
- Nonsuch (E Dorian – Em)
- Old Joe Clark (D mixolydian)
- Over the Waterfall (D)
- Parting Glass (Em)
- Peace Round (Em) – round
(Rose, Rose or Heigh Ho, Nobody’s Home) - Peacock’s Feathers (Dm)
- Petronella (D)
- Planxty Fanny Poer (G)
- Rakes of Mallow (G) G-R treble
(also C-bass, D-R treble) - Red Wing (G)
- Rights of Man (Em)
- Road to Lisdoonvarna (Em)
- Sailor’s Hornpipe (G)
- Sandy River Belle (D)
- Scarborough Fair (Am)
- Shady Grove (Em)
- Si Bheg Si Mohr (D)
- Simple Gifts (G)
- Soldier’s Joy (D)
- South Wind (D or G)
- Star of the County Down (Em or Am)
- Suo Gan (G)
- Swallowtail Jig (Em)
- Tobin’s Favorite (D)
- Waltz for the Little Girls (C)
- Whiskey Before Breakfast (D)
- Wildwood Flower (D)
- Willafjord (D)
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken (D)
MOUNTAIN DULCIMER JAM TUNES
Suggestions — Led by Doug Thomson & Leo Kretzner
Download / print the Mountain Dulcimer TUNE LIST (PDF)
- Angeline the Baker (D)
- Battle Cry of Freedom (D)
- Buffalo Gals (D)
- Cherokee Shuffle (D)
- Cluck Old Hen (Em)
- Cripple Creek (D)
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Mississippi (D)
- Gray Cat On A Tennessee Farm (D)
- Hangman’s Reel (A)
- Liberty (D)
- Mississippi Sawyer (D)
- Oh, Susanna (D)
- Old Joe Clark (A mixolydian – G naturals)
- Ragtime Annie (D)
- Red River Valley (D)
- Sandy River Belle (D)
- Shady Grove (Em)
- Soldier’s Joy (D)
- South Wind (D)
- Spanish Fandango (D)
- Sourwood Mountain (D)
- Wildwood Flower (D)
- Will (May) the Circle Be Unbroken (D)
ALL INSTRUMENTS JAM TUNES
Some Suggested Jam Tunes — Led by Terry Gucwa
Download / print the All Instruments TUNE LIST (PDF)
- Amazing Grace (D or G)
- Angeline the Baker (D)
- Arkansas Traveler (D)
- Ashgrove (The) (G)
- Bastringue (La) (D)
- Black Nag (Am)
- Blind Mary (D or G)
- Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (D)
- Boys of Blue Hill (D)
- Brian Boru’s March (Em)
- Britches Full of Stitches (D)
- Butterfly (Em)
- Childgrove (Dm)
- Cold Frosty Morning (Am)
- Denis Murphy’s Polka (D)
- Derry Hornpipe (D)
- Dona Nobis Pacem (G)
- Drowsy Maggie (Em)
- Eighth of January (D)
- Farewell to Whiskey (G)
- Forked Deer (D)
- Gentle Maiden (G)
- Girl I Left Behind (The) (G)
- Golden Slippers (D)
- Greensleeves (Am)
- Harvest Home (D)
- Haste to the Wedding (D)
- Hewlett (D)
- Hobart’s Transformation (Am)
- Hundred Pipers (A)
- Irish Washerwoman (G)
- Jessica’s Polka (A)
- John Ryan’s Polka (D)
- Kerry Polka (G)
- Kesh Jig (G)
- Kitchen Girl (Am)
- Kitty’s Wedding (D)
- Lark in the Morning (D)
- Liberty (D)
- Little Liza Jane (A)
- Lord Inchiquin (D)
- Maggie Brown’s Favorite (G)
- Maid Behind the Bar (D)
- Mairi’s Wedding (D)
- Man of the House (Em)
- Margaret’s Waltz (A)
- Merrily Kiss the Quaker (G)
- Merry Blacksmith (D)
- Midnight on the Water (D)
- Mississippi Sawyer (D)
- Morrison’s Jig (Em)
- Mountain Road (D)
- Musical Priest (Bm)
- Nonesuch (Dm)
- Off She Goes (D)
- Off to California (G)
- Oh Susannah (G)
- Old Joe Clark (A mixolydian – G naturals)
- Over the Waterfall (D)
- Parting Glass (The) (Em)
- Peace Round (Em)
- Petronella (D)
- Planxty Fanny Po’er (G)
- Planxty Irwin (D)
- Planxty George Brabazon #2 (G)
- Ragtime Annie (D)
- Rakes of Mallow (G)
- Red Haired Boy (A)
- Redwing (G)
- Road to Lisdoonvarna (Em)
- Rose Tree (The) (D)
- Rights of Man (Em)
- Saint Anne’s Reel (D)
- Sailor’s Hornpipe (G)
- Sally Gardens (G)
- Sandy River Belle (D)
- Scollay’s Reel (Em)
- Scotland the Brave (G)
- Shady Grove (Em)
- Ships Are Sailing (Em)
- Si Beag Si Mor (D)
- Silver Spear (D)
- Simple Gifts (D or G)
- Soldier’s Joy (D)
- Sonny’s Mazurka (D)
- Southwind (D or G)
- Star Above the Garter (D mixolydian)
- Star of the County Down (Am)
- Staten Island Hornpipe (D)
- Swallowtail Jig (Em)
- Ten Penny Bit (Am)
- Trippin’ Up the Stairs (D)
- Tobin’s Jig (D)
- Turkey in the Straw (G)
- Westphalia Waltz (G)
- Whiskey Before Breakfast (D)
- Wildwood Flower (D)
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken (D)
ALL TOGETHER TUNES
HD, MD & All Instruments — SCDH Gathering, 7/18/26
Download / print the All Together TUNE LIST (PDF)
Download / print SCDH Gathering All Together SHEET MUSIC (PDF)
- Angeline the Baker (D)
- Mississippi Sawyer (D)
- Old Joe Clark (A mixolydian – G naturals)
- Sandy River Belle (D)
- Shady Grove (Em)
- Soldier’s Joy (D)
- South Wind (D)
- Wildwood Flower (D)
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken (D)
JAMMERS GUIDE
What’s a Music Jam? Sharing and playing together! No experience required. Sit in a circle, take turns, lead a tune OR ask that someone else lead it OR pass. You can play the tune, Tab, or chords, depending on your experience and instrument. LISTENING is as important as playing. Have fun!!
Skill Level: Beginner to Experienced
Basics: Don’t be critical of yourself. Tune before you play.
What to Take: Your instrument (acoustic / non-electric) and stand, music stand and light, tuner or phone app, music books or sheet music — organized. Notebook to keep track of tunes you like or want to learn. Optional: seat cushion, cart or wagon to haul your gear.
Suggested Resources:
- Hammered Dulcimer – tune list of some options, sheet music organized
- Mountain Dulcimer – tune list of some options, sheet music or Tab organized
- All Instruments – tune list of some options, sheet music organized, basic jam book
Optional Books:
- “Easy and Eas-ified Jam Tunes and Songs” – by Terence Gucwa
- “Fiddler’s Fakebook” by Brody (for all instruments, but notey & designed for fiddlers)
- “Join the Jam” – by Stephen Seifert – DAD mountain dulcimer tab
