Sentence examples for play by ear from inspiring English sources

Nonsense: Even tone deaf (tin eared) people can have musical talent -- just don't play by ear.

Kluwe became a violin prodigy who could play by ear, and he developed an advanced vocabulary.

His mother encouraged him to have piano lessons and he found he could play by ear.

Studies: I learned to play by ear, which is an advantage.

She had just three years of piano instruction and could not play by ear or extemporize.

Ms. Franklin does not read music: "I play by ear," she said.

Perfect pitch allows musicians to play by ear and relative pitch allows musicians to transpose musical pieces.

I watched "Play by Ear" without looking at the program, and took it in as a resolutely abstract work.

To this day, I play by ear because I don't want to have to think about anything but the words.

Others, like the club's 91-year-old member, Ed Bady, are self-taught and play by ear.

Mr. List makes the trip to Long Island City from Amsterdam, where he's been based for 20 years, with "Play By Ear," an attempt to connect honestly and directly to an audience without sentiment or fanfare.