Advice for mathematics and music personal statement

I am applying to 4 universities with mathematics and to Oxford with music + an organ scholarship. I was told by my school to make it (very) roughly 80% maths and 20% music, but I feel that 800 characters is nowhere near enough to write something good enough for Oxford. Obviously there is the interview and most people get invited to it, but I feel like my personal statement will not make the cut. Is it worth cutting down on the maths and making it more like a 60:40 ratio? Also, what sort of things should I prioritise when writing about each of the subjects since I have a smaller character count for each of them?

What I've done so far is try to show how I think of mathematics and music in similar ways (e.g. recognising patterns of how to solve problems or patterns of what chord progression is most likely for said melody) to justify my choice of taking two different subjects, and this was strongly recommended by my school, but this is definitely not eonugh.

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The_Lonely_Goatherd

Sorry, just to clarify: for Oxford you're applying for the music degree and organ scholarship, but for the other four choices you're applying for sole (not joint honours with music) maths?

You do know you can apply for an Oxford organ scholarship to many (but not all) Oxford colleges for a maths degree, right? That's probably a lot more sensible and easier than what you're proposing (if I've understood your OP right). See this page: https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/choral-and-organ-awards/organ-awards/subject-availability-organ-awards