Patrick Graven + Musician in Mayo

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Patrick Graven is my name, from the west of Ireland. Creativity is my passion. I care about music, I care, because I care about the right to freedom of expression. Being creative and being engaged in doing something worthwhile is good for our mental and physical health. There is only one area of control that is in our hands, and that is what we are carrying inside of us. Music is the language of the heart, when music is made, it brings colour into the world.

The guitar is a very versatile instrument. It is one of the more basic instruments out there having just 6 strings, a fretboard and a body for the sound to be heard. Other instruments may be simpler but less versatile because of their size and their limited sound output. I think it comes down to the options presented by the format of the instrument. The guitar is interesting and difficult to play, the left hand has to fret the string before the right hand strikes it and remains there until the note is no longer required, yet that format opens up the use of chord patterns allowing groupings in the left hand while the right hand strikes all the strings making it a rhythm instrument as well as a melodic one. The great thing about the guitar is its ability to translate different sounds and musical styles as you can almost play any style of music on it because of its unique versatility. I just love guitar with a passion. Music is a universal language, a language that all living beings can understand.