The bar charts illustrate how schoolchildren learned to play four different musical instruments in 2005, 2010, and 2015.
Overall, there was a decline in the percentage of children choosing to play various musical instruments, with the most notable increase being observed in the figures for students playing the guitar and piano. Additionally, the guitar generally experienced the highest rate of engagement among the four musical instruments examined.
In terms of the categories with increases, the percentage of students learning to play the guitar began at roughly 11%. This figure saw a significant rise to approximately 20% in 2010, effectively doubling the amount from 2005, and ended the period at nearly 27%. Similarly, the proportion of students learning to play the piano rose considerably, starting at 10% in 2005 and reaching a peak of nearly 17% in 2010, followed by a final increase to 25% five years later.
Regarding the categories with relatively stable data, the percentage of schoolchildren choosing to play the drums and violin remained unchanged from 2005 to 2010, with each at just over 5%. In 2015, there was a slight increase in the proportion of children playing the drums, reaching nearly 8%, while the figure for students choosing the violin experienced a marginal decline to approximately 6%.