My son recently started piano lessons (and loves it,) and it made me curious about the experiences of gifted children learning musical instruments. (I have very little musical knowledge.) Is there a relationship between some part of IQ (verbal or nonverbal) and musical ability? I assume that a certain level of IQ is needed to learn music, but I am curious whether higher IQ translates to higher musical ability or if musical ability is a separate area entirely. Just curious... It's new to me...