The charts below give information about children under 18 learning musical instruments in one region of the UK in 1996 and 2016. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts illustrate vividly the percentage of

children

under 18 learning musical

instruments

in one particular area in the UK between 1996 and 2016,

while

the bar chart displays their choice of musical

instruments

. As a whole, it is evident that the number of

children

studying musical

instruments

increased drastically over the given period.

Besides

, piano and keyboard seemed to be a priority selection of British

children

in both measured years. Focusing

initially

on the first two pie charts, in 1996, 44% of

children

learned how to play musical

instruments

,

while

the remaining 56% did not.

However

, after only 10 years,

this

number witnessed a significant increase, accounting for more than three-quarters of all

children

in the UK. Turning attention to the bar chart,

it is clear that

piano was the top choice of

children

in 1996, with 30%, but it slightly reduced to 28% in 2006.

This

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trend can be easily seen in acoustic guitar

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and violin.

By contrast

, keyboard and electric guitar had

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significant growth in the same period, with 23% to 30% in the keyboard, and 12% to 16% in electric guitar.

Additionally

, the ratio of

children

playing more than one instrument remained unchanged at 12% in both years.