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The bar chart shows the percentage of school children learning to play different musical instrument in 2005, 2010 and 2015. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart shows the percentage of school children learning to play different musical instrument in 2005, 2010 and 2015. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The chart provides information about the proportion of
the
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apply
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students
 who
learn
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learned
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 to play four different instruments in 2005, 2010 and 2015.
It is clear that
number
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a number
the number
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 of
children
 learning to play
violin
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the violin
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 is showing a decreasing trend
while
 others are increasing
in
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apply
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every 5 years. First of all, we can see that most of the
students
 learned piano during the period and it shows an increasing tendency. In 2005, slightly more than 10% of the
students
 learned how to play piano. The figure rose to 20% in 2010 and doubled in 2015 as it is
a
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the
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 main musical
instrument
 to play when
children
 start music. It was followed by guitar where 10% of school
children
 tried to learn. The rate increased to approximately 18% in 2010 and peaked at the rate of 40% in 2015 indicating that guitar became a popular
instrument
. 
Drum
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The drum
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 was the least popular
instrument
children
 pursued to learn. The figure remained stable in 2005 and 2010 at 5%.
Then
 it slightly increased to almost 10% in 2015.
Violin
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The violin
show examples
 was the only
instrument
 that showed a decreasing trend. About 9% of
students
 chose to play
violin
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the violin
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 in 2005 and
then
 it decreased to 5% in ten years.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words students, children, instrument with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "shows" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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