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The bar chart shows the percentage of school children learning to play different musical instruments in 2005, 2010, and 2015.

The bar chart shows the percentage of school children learning to play different musical instruments in 2005, 2010, and 2015.
The bar graph illustrates the proportion of four instruments-
guitar
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,
piano
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, drum and
violin
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, which students learn to perform in a
20-year-period
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20-year period
.
Overall
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,
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guitar
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the guitar
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 constantly remains the most popular instrument from 2005 to 2015, with
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piano
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the piano
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stays
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staying
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 the second place.
In contrast
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, the
figure
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number of figures
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 who learn
drum
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the drum
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 and
violin
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are
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is
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 relatively less. In 2005, there were more than 10% school children learning to play
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guitar
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the guitar
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and
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, and
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 the percentage of
learning
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children learning
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piano
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were
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was
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 approximately 10%.
Whereas
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, the proportion of playing
drum
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the drum
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 and
violin
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were
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was
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 both under 10%, with 6% and 8% respectively. The total percentage of students who learn to perform the above four instruments
were
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was
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 only about 35%, which was less than 50%. By
,
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apply
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 2015, the dominant instrument that school children
decide
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decided
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 to learn was still
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guitar
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the guitar
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, which
a protortion
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accounted
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of
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for
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 26%.
Besides
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,
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piano
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the piano
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was
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apply
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also
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 remains popular, which just less
1
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than 1
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%
to
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of
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the former. Meanwhile, the
figure
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figures
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of
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for
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guitar
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 and
piano
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 both experienced
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a sharply
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sharply
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sharp
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 increase
which
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, which
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 suggested that the number of
student
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students
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 learning to perform these two instruments .
However
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, the percentage of learning to play
drum
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the drum
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 was superior to
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violin
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the violin
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, with 8% and 7% and showed that the number of learners with these two instruments didn't change
appearently
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apparently
.

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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words piano, violin, guitar 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 "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remains" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • percentage
  • musical instruments
  • school children
  • trends
  • popularity
  • increases
  • decreases
  • comparison
  • analysis
  • demographic factors
  • societal trends
  • educational policies
  • influence
  • cultural development
  • accessibility
  • musical education
  • participation
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