The bar chart shows the percentage of school children learning to play different musical instruments in 2005, 2010 and 2015. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons.

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the share of learning to play the

guitar

, the

piano

, the

violin

, and the

drums

among pupils from 2005 to 2015, at a 4-year interval.

Overall

, the proportion of learning to play the

guitar

, the

piano

, and the

drums

increased remarkably,

while

that of

violin

saw a slight decrease, bucking

this

overall

trend. It can be seen that the

guitar

and the

piano

were the most popular instruments in schools to learn. In detail, the start of the period saw 11% of school students want to gain playing skills

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the

guitar

,

whereas

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the

piano

was a bit higher at 12%. Five years later, these numbers rose significantly, with the former increasing by 7% and the latter by 8%. In the final year, they both rose again, albeit sharply: the

guitar

reached a peak of 40% by overtaking the

piano

which stood at 38%. With respect to the

drums

and the

violin

, their percentages showed reverse trends. In 2005 and 2010, the

drums

did not register a change, with they hovering around 5%,

while

there was only a 2% decrease in the

violin

from 10%. In the next five years, they swapped their positions, with the figure

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drums

reaching 8% and that of the

violin

decreasing to 5%.