The bar chart illustrates the number of students who played four types of musical instruments—namely the guitar, piano, drums, and violin—in the years 2005, 2010, and 2015.
Overall, there were significant increases in the popularity of the guitar and piano, while the proportions of children choosing the drums and violin remained relatively stable. Additionally, the guitar was the most popular instrument across all three years, closely followed by the piano, and these two instruments gained increasing popularity over time in comparison to the other two.
In terms of instruments with notable participation growth, only just over 10% of school children played the guitar in 2005, with this figure rising dramatically to 27% by 2015. A similar but slightly less pronounced increase is evident in the proportion of children playing the piano, which surged from 10% to 25% over the same period.
In categories with less pronounced changes, the proportion of children playing the violin and drum remained steady at around 8% and 6% during the first five years, respectively. Thereafter, while the popularity of the violin experienced a slight decline, reaching approximately 7% by 2015, the drum saw an upward trend, ending the period at 8%.