Sentence examples for by ear from inspiring English sources

"by ear" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an idiom used to refer to learning something by memorizing it (through hearing or repetition) without relying on written instructions. For example, "He learned to play the guitar by ear."

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by ear

adverb

Playing (an instrument) by following along with other musicians, without reference to sheet music.

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He even maps by ear.

We Buy By Ear".

I just play it by ear.

We're playing it by ear.

Play it by ear, you mean?

Mohamed says he'll play it by ear.

After that, we'd play it by ear.

But for now it's always by ear.

Mr. Zinsser learned to play his beloved songs by ear.

"We'll play that by ear as we go.

He said he'd always played by ear before.

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