Sentence examples for played by ear from inspiring English sources

He said he'd always played by ear before.

Fain was a self-taught pianist who played by ear.

Baldwin usually improvised on such occasions, or as he puts it, played by ear.

He didn't read music, he played by ear … and a good ear is something he gave me.

Consequently, he played by ear, never cracking staff notation, not that staff notation could ever have captured the hues and nuances, fires and sunsets in his playing.

For all his increasing success, Mr. Adler played by ear and from memory after listening to phonograph records; he couldn't even read music until he was in his late 20's and well into his career.

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.

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