Canyouplayamusicalinstrument？Wheredidyoulearntoplayit？IfyouwereapupilinaBritishschool，youwouldmostprobablylearnatschool．Around25% ofBritishpupilslearnaninstrument．What'smore，ofthe75% thatdon't，40% wouldliketo．Butwhatinstrumentsdothepupilslearntoplay？Traditionally，schoolchildrenlearntclassicalinstruments，suchasthepianoorviolin．Thisisstilltruetoday．Youngerchildrenoftenlearntherecorder．Astheygetolder，theystarttoplaytheviolinorpiano．Infact，nearlyoneoutoffivemusicstudentsislearningtheviolin．Thepiano，orkeyboard，ismorepopularwitholderchildrenatsecondaryschool．However，thingsarechanging．Morepupilsthaneverbeforearenowlearningtheguitar．Asmanyas16% ofpupilslearninganinstrumentarestrumming（弹奏）itsstrings．

Britishschoolsdonotjustofferlessonsforinstruments．Allpupilslearnmusictogetherasaclass．Theseclasseshavebeenchanging，too．Inthepast，thefocusofclasseswasverymuchWesternclassicalmusic．Buttheclassesnowcoverafarwiderrangeofstyles，includingfolkmusicandworldmusic．InarecentstudybyKeeleUniversity，64% ofboysand70% ofgirlssaidtheyenjoyedmusiclessonsasaclass．Theylikesingingandplayinginstrumentsandfindthelessonsfun．

Manyschoolshaveorchestras（管弦乐队）andputonconcertseachterm．Itisalsocommonforpupilsthemselvestoformtheirownbands，copyingtheirrockandpopheroes．Inconclusion，musicplaysabigpartinBritishschools．Pupilscanstudyaninstrument，playmusictogetherasaclassandeventakepartinconcertsandplays．

Title （71）___inBritishschool

Ⅰ．Statisticsforlearninginstruments

●Around25% ofBritishpupils （72）___．

●40% ofthe75% that （73）___wouldliketo．

●（74）___learntheviolin．

●64% learnthepianoorkeyboard．

●16% learnstrumminginstruments．

Ⅱ．Musiclessons

●Form→（75）___learnmusictogetherasaclass．

●Attitude→themajorityofthestudentssaidthey （76）___musiclessonsasaclass．

●（77）___→westernclassicalmusic/folkmusic/worldmusic

Ⅲ．Music （78）___

●orchestras→（79）___concertseachterm

●bands→beingcom