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It's been my (very limited) experience that intelligence and ability to learn music are very highly correlated. Sometimes there is musical ability w/o high intelligence (or perhaps a very uneven intelligence - such as an intelligent child with a learning disability) but rarely is there high intelligence without an above average ability to learn an instrument.


I think a lot of the math = music thing has to do with how you learn those things. Both require practice, practice, practice and both are typically taught at a very low level in most schools. So you are going to see math and music achievement paired in the same children because they are from families who create the necessary environments.