The pie chart illustrates the amount of childrens learning musical lessons in a particular UK region in 1996 and 2016, while the bar chart shows their instrument choices.
As presented in the pie chart, musical instrument learners accounted for around 56% in 1996 before experiencing a significant decrease to 24% in 2016. Surprisingly, while 44% of the total was made up by people uninterested in learning instruments in the beginning, this number recorded a remarkable increase of 32% in 2016.
Meanwhile, the bar chart also shows both the increase and the decrease in different musical instrument preferences. Piano players comprised the highest percentage among other instruments in 1996, about 30% initially, but a slight fall to nearly 27% in 2006. Similarly, the percentage of violin and other musical tool choices saw a moderate drop, from approximately 17% and 3% in 1996 to 10% and 2% in 2016. In contrast to the three musical categories above, the figure for electric guitar and keyboard choices remained at 12% and 22% in 1996 before reaching a peak of 16% and 30% over the given period, making the keyboard the most popular choice compared to other tools. In addition, in 1996, learners of acoustic guitar made up 6% of the total initially, and children playing more than one instrument stayed at 12%. The guitar players then declined gradually by half based on old records, while the remaining group remained stable.