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  1. crack says:

    C’mon grpahjam. It is Monday and I am work, I am already miserable.

  2. GuitarHeroIsGay says:

    Real guitar hero’s play real guitars.

  3. catgal says:

    why isn’t piano on here? almost all kids play the piano at some point.

  4. Me says:

    Is guitar hero an instrument?

  5. Yarcofin says:

    100% of Grade 6 students play the recorder.

    • Awful Copter says:

      thank you! how could the maker of this graph leave out the recorder? i played the recorder in 5th grade

    • evenangelsfall says:

      I didn’t. We played them in 1st and 2nd.

      • Jes says:

        I’m with you on that one. Do kids not play the recorder anymore? Or was that just an 80’s-90’s thing…

        • Isildo says:

          I personally know several adults who play the recorder well and regularly. Of course, they’re usually playing four-hundred-year-old songs…

          • Heath says:

            Hey! I play the recorder. The first thing I ever learned to play on it was “Au Claire de la Lune”. Okay, but the thing I play MOST on it is the theme from The Muppet Show. That’s not four hundred years old :P

            • Kimmy says:

              I played the recorder in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. The first song I learned how to play was hot cross buns. Don’t tell me you didn’t learn to play that first? B A G B A G lol

    • Rafi says:

      Actually, I have some peers who went to a different elementary and middle school than me, and they never learned the recorder. They didn’t even know what it was until I was complaining about it.

  6. Chris says:

    You also tend to forget that ALOT of kids also want to play the trumpet. That was a very popular instrument when kids sign up for band.

  7. katdemon♄fire says:

    Guitar hero doesn’t count as an instrument… it doesn’t make its own sound.

  8. Richard says:

    40% of kids play the guitar? And 25% play drums? Really? I think that’s closer to 10% and 5% (or lower). Unless you count “picked up a guitar and poked at it once” to be “playing.” And recorder should definitely be up around 90-100%.

    • Jeremy says:

      I dunno, AFAIK in schools now the recorder is being somewhat phased out. Most of my classmates never played one, instead schools seem to be favoring starting them out on singing, then shoving them over into band or orchestra. Literally half the people I know play the piano or the violin. Trumpet, sax, and clarinet are popular too.

      EUPHONIUM PRIDE! that is all.

  9. Pants_Mcgee says:

    Missing violin, piano, recorder, Viola, and cello.

  10. Sax Rocks! says:

    I play sax!

  11. Nick R. Bocker says:

    I think it’s safe to say that the list of instruments in this graph is not exhaustive.

  12. The Paz says:

    uhhhh I play flute, and guitar, and drums. And I love rockband, matter of fact playing it got me into the second two instruments.

  13. Becki says:

    c’mon
    dont take things so seriously!
    it’s funny,
    doesn’t need to be perfect and correct; with all the insturments under the sun on it.

    • Chris says:

      Yeah it is funny, but admit it; playing your favorite rock song on Guitar Hero/Rockband makes you feel really, really cool. Even if you are simply hitting colored buttons on a plastic controller.

  14. Kimmy says:

    haha i love it! Not one person has mentioned Oboe! That’s what I play (I bet 3/4 of you don’t know what that is). And no one mentioned the clarinet; I play that too. Oh, and just so yall know, I started oboe in 6th grade, clarinet that summer, and am now in seventh grade

  15. Ellen says:

    There are about 3 times as many flutes in the band as saxes.

  16. Tourist on this planet says:

    I played the French Horn. There were two of us in our concert band. I played the low notes, and my best friend played the high notes. :0

  17. mojojo says:

    I went in the “drums” category, back when I was still in the “kids” category. :P

    • tekFishy says:

      real guitar, never play guitar hero buttons to noisy
      Fender Something or Nothing (cheapest on in the shop seing as I’m still learning)

  18. Haris says:

    I I am that 2% that plays flute

  19. Amber says:

    Hey, I play the flute!

  20. Matt says:

    C’mon, there’s more flute players than sax players.

  21. Just Me says:

    WELL! I am offended. I play the bass guitar and the bass clarinet. We are an under represented musical group! * Stomps off to corner and moodily slaps bass*

  22. blast196 says:

    why is trumpet not on here? and yes, there is a 3:1 ratio of flute players to sax. players.

  23. Jerky says:

    And this is why the next generation will fail horribly

  24. flutesndrums says:

    I play flute, sax, drums and guitar hero XD

    • Mina the Flute Girl says:

      I played flute, piccolo, violin, piano, bass drum, and xylophone from 5th through 12th grade. And this graph is all sorts of flipped around. More ppl play flute than sax and drums. Any decently balanced band/orchestra includes about 3 percussionists, 8 flutes, and 4 to 6 sax’s. Very few people actually play the guitar unless they are counting that stupid game. That’s like people saying they can dance because they kick butt at DDR. Sorry, not the same thing.

  25. Mudrock1000 says:

    Personally i think the trumpet is close to the drums.
    I mean my schools everyone has always played the trumpet

  26. Bee says:

    Where’s the bass guitar?

  27. Rainlord says:

    Guitar Hero is prety dumb game.

  28. Quinlan says:

    just another version of karaoke

  29. DunE says:

    Wait, you consider guitar hero an instrument? Are you mental?!?! It doesn’t even deserve the right of being created.

  30. Firefox737 says:

    You are a failure.

  31. superhomework says:

    i remember when i used to play drums as a kid guitar hero sucks rockband spends more time making their games worth it but its what kids do these days T.T

  32. ... says:

    No piano on this chart? I call BS.

  33. Orion Fury says:

    I’m going to go a different route here. It should of been a pie chart.

  34. Rolf says:

    why no bass up there?

  35. Explosion2 says:

    Recorder?
    everybody played the recorder (we had to in 3rd grade) in my elementary school.
    that would be more than the people who play guitar hero.

  36. Sarah says:

    I play the flute…. I guess I’m a part of that 1% xD

  37. Vince says:

    Graph could as easily be indexed with “Amount of fun in playing a given instrument.”

  38. Obi-Watt Kenobi says:

    I have always said, “Nintendo” when somebody asked me what I play.

  39. bd54 says:

    That adds up to about 172% total…fail.

  40. Colleen says:

    lol I played the flute.

  41. Tubaman says:

    Where’s the big boys? The Tuba???

  42. That Guy who cant dance says:

    I play the flute, so bump that zero percent to a 1 please.

  43. Rix Rox Sox says:

    My school orchestra a few years ago had 7 floutists. That was 5 too many. 0%? Really?

  44. MetallicaFan says:

    I play bass guitar and I’m a kid (14) I’ve always wanted to play a rock instrument and i got into rock and metal like Metallica, Guns N roses, AC/DC and Iron maiden without guitar hero (i found some bands on it). LOL it’s really ironic there’s a flute advertisement at the bottom of the page XD

  45. Hilary says:

    well, in YOUR face, Guitar Hero! I play Wii Music, the oboe, and the bassoon, so that means I play 68 instruments!

  46. xRGTMx says:

    This is one of the reasons why I play DDR.

  47. Xeloras says:

    I play the Accordion! woooo

  48. Nintendork says:

    I was once one of the proud 3% that played a flute.

  49. Nik says:

    …. I am eleven and I play flute…

  50. RocketDoll says:

    That’s so not true. I have never once played Guitar Hero. And I am proud to say it.

  51. LinkMahBoi says:

    i didnt know that 171% of kids play instruments..

  52. EmO_gUy_LoVeS_tHe_BoOkS says:

    I play flute, sax, drums, guitar, violin, piano and guitar hero lmao!

  53. ? says:

    I play guitar, drums, and guitar hero


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