Music and coding may seem worlds apart on the surface. However, there are many parallels that teachers can highlight through cross-curricular learning to help students make connections across subjects. Both music and coding are specialized languages with their own rules, structures, and means of expression/communication. Musicians use notes, rhythms, scales etc. to compose music, while coders use commands, algorithms, variables etc. to write programs. Core concepts link the two fields, including breaking down complex ideas into components (phrases/notes in music, functions/loops in coding), relying on sequencing, using control structures, and hierarchies where smaller parts build into larger composites. Musicians and coders share key mindsets and skills - eagerness to learn new tools/techniques in their constantly evolving domains, problem-solving by deconstructing challenges, iterating through multiple drafts, collaboration, and detailed documentation. The connections go back to early computing pioneers like Ada Lovelace who envisioned machines creating music. Companies even recruited musicians for their logic skills to become early programmers. Today, new applications leverage code to generate and manipulate music in innovative ways, further blurring the lines between these two rich disciplines with many underlying similarities.