The provided diagrams illustrate the percentage of children who have the opportunity to learn musical instruments and what particular instruments these under 18 children prefer to choose for learning sessions in two different years, 1996 and 2006
According to the pie charts, it is evident that in 1996, children learning a music instrument were not as exceptional as its counterparts. However, after 10 years, the percentage of these surpassed the others who refuse to learn musical instruments. Regarding choice of music in 1996, piano held the top place, while acoustic guitar and other instruments was at the bottom of the list, after which Keyboard saw a significant growth and became a popular choice. It also showed that the choice of guitar increased modestly, while ” more than 1 instrument” choice stayed unchanged and the remaining instruments saw a decline.
With 44% in 1996, learning musical instruments was not a popular activity for children at this time. After a decade, children who learn these stood at 76%, taking place three quarters of 2006 chart, and nearly twice in comparison to 1996 data.
Concerning the percentage of children under 18 learning a musical instrument, piano was on top of the graph with 30%, while acoustic guitar and other instruments were the lowest, accounting at nearly over 7% and approximately 3% respectively. In the year 2006, the keyboard witnessed a dramatic growth, at 30%, making this kind of instrument more popular to choose, closely followed by piano with roughly 28%.The electric guitar surged rapidly from 13% to almost 17%, holding at the third place. Next, the percentage of children under 18 choosing to learn more than 1 instrument stayed unchanged, accounting for the figure of 14%, while the remaining instruments recorded a downward trend. With 10% and 3% respectively, Violin and acoustic guitar drop modestly compared to the figure of 2006 and other instruments had a slight decrease from 4% to 3%.