The charts provide information about children below 18 years old studying different kind of musical instruments in an area of the UK over the period of 20 years.
Overall, the percentage of children learning to play musical instruments dropped over a decade. Remarkably, the proportion of young pianist and keyboard player increased significantly, while others decreased at the end of the surveyed timeline.
Initially, the percentage of children engagement in learning musical instrument was relatively balanced with the proportion of children not learning one. However, after 10 years, the percentage of children not studying musical instrument made up two thirds of the total surveyed children.
Regarding children under 18 learning to play musical instrument, the two most prominent choices of instrument were piano and keyboard. Specifically, the percentage of young piano players was around 30%, while that of keyboard was 22% at first, it surged to 30% eventually. Acoustic guitar players made up the lowest percentage over the period, with around 2% in 2016
The figures for violinist and electric guitarist were relatively similar. Starting at under 15%, the percentage of young violinist plunged to 10% in 2016, while the proportion of electric guitarist under 18 experienced an increase by 3%. The figure for player learning more than one instrument remained unchanged. Additionally, other instruments players accounted for a small number of the total participants