The bar chart illustrates the proportion of pupils mastering their skills of playing musical instruments in the years 2005, 2010, and 2015.
Overall, all the instruments experienced varying degrees of increase, with exception of violin, whose figure declined moderately. It is also clear that the figures for piano and guitar saw the most significant change, with the latter eventually becoming the most popular.
Focusing on bigger numbers first, both piano and guitar were prevalent, with respective figures of 11% and 10% in 2005. While the former experienced almost a twofold increase (20%), the latter reachex a lowet point of 19% in 2010. Five years later, the percentage of children playing guitar and piano soared, albeit at differing levels, to around 38% and 40%, respectively, with guitar finally surpassing piano in terms of populaty.
Regarding smaller numbers, the figure for drums accounted for nearly 5%, equivalent to half of that for violin (roughly 9%) in 2005. The next five years saw a period of stability in percentage of drums played by school-aged children, whereas there was a slight decline in the popularity of violin, a 1-percentage point decrease. By 2015, the proportion of violin had persisted its declining trend, reaching 7%, but the reverse was true for drums, a figure that then increased noticeably to 8%.