The pie diagrams provide data about the percentage of children under 18 who learned musical instruments in a specific region of the UK in 1996 and 2016. Surprisingly, there were much more young learners, given that the figure increased dramatically from 44% in 1996 to 76% in 2016.
The bar chart shows choices of musical instrument. The most popular tool in 2016 was keyboard (30%), increasing by 21% for twenty years. Piano, despite a small drop of 2%, was still played by 28% of children.
In contrast, electric guitar, violin, and acoustic guitar were much less favoured in both years. Among the three, electric guitar was the only one which saw a rise in percentage after two decades, accounting for 16%. Violin and acoustic guitar suffered a substantial decline to reach 10% and 3%, respectively.
Overall, it is clear that keyboard and piano maintained their popularity during the twenty-year period, while electric guitar, violin, and acoustic guitar were chosen by fewer young players.