The document provides a comprehensive comparison of children under 18, learning musical instruments, and their choices of instruments in the United Kingdom, within a timeframe of 10 years, more specifically from 1996 extending till 2006. This document constritutes both pie charts, and a horizontal linear chart.
It can be inferred that in 1996, more than half of children in the UK were not exposed to music as demontrated by the total rate of 56%, as opposed to the 46% who were indeed learning musical instruments. During that time, the most popular instrument would be the Piano which embodies 30% of the total sum, directly followed by the keyboard and the violin.
However in 2016, a noteworthy growth in the total rate of children learning said instruments occurred, where almost the 3/4 have become exposed to music, with a solid 76% of all children in the UK. In addition to that, the keyboard became the number one sought after instrument as it took part of the largest percentage of selected musical tools, which would equal 30%. The first runner up is the piano, and the second as portrayed in the graph, is the electric guitar.
An interesting conclusion that can be made here, relies in the possibility of cultural integration of music in children’s education, where music could reflect discipline and integrity. A second assumption could be motivated by the choices of musical instruments themselves, the keyboard is much easier to transport and less expensive to purchase, and the piano will always remain a classic. Thus, culture and facilitated access to the instruments could potentially be the cause for the increase of musical instrument lessons in the UK.