The bar charts illustrate how schoolchildren learnt to play four different musical instruments in 2005, 2010, and 2015.
Overall, there were decreases in the percentages of children choosing to play various musical instruments, with the most dramatic rise being seen in the figures for students playing guitar and piano. In addition, guitar generally experienced the highest schoolchildren’s engagement among the four musical instruments examined.
Regarding the figures with increases, the percentage of students learning to play guitar started at roughly 11%, after which it saw a significant increase to approximately 20% in 2010, doubling that in 2005 and ending the period at nearly 27%. Similarly, the proportion of students learning to play piano rose considerably from 10% in 2005 to reach a peak of nearly 17% in 2010, followed by a final increase of 25% five years later.
As for categories with relatively unchanged data, the percentages of school children choosing drum and violin remained unchanged from 2005 to 2010, with respective figures being just over 5%. In 2015, there was a slight increase in the proportion for children playing drums, at nearly 8%, whereas the figure for students choosing violin witnessed a marginal decline to approximately 6%.