The bar chart illustrates how the proportions of school children learning to play four distinct musical instruments changed over a decade since 2005.
Overall, while piano and guitar generally led the chart, drums and violin languished at the opposite end. Additionally, the data for all musical instruments experienced a growth throughout the examined period, but to varying extents, except for that of violin.
In 2005, piano was the most popular instrument among students, registering about 11%, which was closely followed by the figures for guitar and violin, with just over and under 10%, respectively. There was a marked disparity between those instruments and drums, with the statistics for the former being roughly double that of the latter.
5 years later, the rankings in 2005 remained unaltered. While both piano and guitar witnessed a considerable rise, increasing to around 21% and 19%, respectively, the data for the other two categories showed negligible fluctuations. In 2015, piano and guitar continued their upward trend, surging to 39% and 41%, respectively, making guitar overtake the top position of piano. Similarly, the figure for drums also observed a twofold increase, ending the period with approximately 10%. Only violin experienced a decrease, falling to roughly 5%, thereby coming last in 2015.