Ray, Thanks for the Welcome. I was somewhat hesitant to submit a new post to a thread that hasn't been active since 2006. But I think that exploring alternative tunings is exciting. I am a big fan of regular tunings, and I wanted to share what I had learned about both P4 and M3. I have an...
Unfortunately, Ralph Patt died in October 2010 at age 80. There are some audio clips of his playing on his web site Ralph Patt's Jazz Web Page. Let me thank Kiefer Wolfowitz for the following links to M3 recordings: Patrick Zemb independently invented M3 tuning, somewhat later than Ralph...
I have written a tutorial on major-thirds tuning outlining its strengths and providing chord charts for several chord types. It is called "Chord Shapes for Major-Thirds Tuning on a 7-String Guitar". View it online at www.keith.bromley.name . Feel free to give me any feedback on how to...