The bar chart compares the proportion of school children who learned to play distinct musical instruments in 2005, 2010, and 2015.
Overall, among the popular instruments, children favored guitar and piano most, and this proportion experienced an upward trend during the period. Interestingly, while most figures witnessed a climb, there was a decline in the percentage of children learning drums.
Guitar and piano were the most popular among children. Starting at approximately 10 percent, the proportion for both instruments doubled in 2010 before a significant rise to 40 percent in the last year. Moreover, while the figure for piano was marginally greater in 2005 and 2010, there was a switch in the position in the last year.
The less popular musical instruments are drums and piano. While both brackets were low with the proportion being under 10 percent, there were opposite changes in these figures. The proportion of children playing violin, starting at 10 percent, dropped gradually to half of that in 2015. However, a slight rise of 3 percent was recorded in that of young drum learners.
