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by ear
e. by ear.
(a) Without the aid of written music. Frequently in to play something by ear.
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1658 J. Playford Breif Introd. Skill Musick (new ed.) ii. 78 To learn to play by rote or ear without book.
1672 M. Locke Observ. Ess. Advancem. Mus. 14 To assist those who learn by Ear only.
1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. VIII. xi. viii. 240 Music is no better understood at Siam that astronomy: they use no notes; and compose, as well as sing, by ear.
1762 T. Sheridan Course Lect. Elocution 192 Some..may learn a few tunes by ear, but the generality will produce nothing but discord, like those who touch the keys of an harpsicord at random.
1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 26 A lady asked him if he could accompany by ear an Italian Cavatina..[he] accompanied it with the bass without the least embarrassment.
1873 L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 7 She plays the piano beautifully and can play anything by ear.
1959 I. Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions 5 Soon other London bands were playing it more or less correctly by ear, since the published song hadn't been released there.
1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day ii. 39 From childhood I could pick up a melody by ear.
1999 BBC Music Mag. Apr. 49/1 His father is a butler by profession and both parents play the piano (father by ear, mother from music).
2007 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 18 Feb. (Herald-Times ed.) a4/1 Tunes not transcribed into sheet music and learned by ear.
(b) Aurally; without the aid of written materials; without visual assistance.
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c1690 in J. Maidment Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1868) 185 His mother's tongue learn'd him his father's law; Lyke prentice taught the trade by ear, but book, In seaven years petship e'er he wrote or spoke.
1733 L. Theobald Wks. Shakespeare I. Pref. p. xxxviii Many Pieces were taken down in Short-hand, and imperfectly copied by Ear, from a Representation.
1780 E. Malone Suppl. Shakespeare's Plays II. App. 727 Many of the corruptions appear to have arisen from an illiterate transcriber having written the speeches by ear from an inaccurate reciter.
1858 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 545/2 I made it a rule, when I did not know how to spell some unpronounceable word, to huddle a number of consonants together in most admired disorder, and I was then usually nearer correctness than if I had orthographized by ear.
1922 S. G. Starling Electr. vii. 95 The dots and dashes may be recognized by the operator by ear, and the necessity of watching the instrument is avoided.
1956 A. Ginsberg Let. 18 May (2008) 134 Pound..works basically by ear anyway.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio xi. 195 The relative [sound] levels are judged by ear.
1990 Independent on Sunday 11 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 20/1 The boy's extreme linguistic precocity; he could construe by ear.
2010 Vanity Fair May 68/1 I know a lot of the warblers by ear.
(c) figurative. By instinct or improvisation according to results and circumstances, rather than according to rules or a plan. Esp. in to play it by ear.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > be cautious or take care [verb (intransitive)] > proceed with caution
to make it wisec1405
to feel (out) one's waya1450
to beat the bush1526
to beat about the bush1572
callc1650
to call canny1814
go-easy1860
to plough around1888
pussyfoot1902
to play it by ear1922
1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. iii. 66 I knew an amiable and accomplished person who undertook a practical reform, yet I was never able to find in him the enterprise of love he took in hand. He adopted it by ear and by the understanding, from the books he had been reading.
1922 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 335 Jefferson played by ear not only in fiddling and in statesmanship but in his supreme accomplishment of architecture.
1931 N.Y. Herald Tribune 18 Sept. 17/2 The newspaper industry, which, except for its dealings with..members of the labor unions, is run pretty much by ear.
1961 L. Gribble Wantons die Hard xiii. 161 ‘I'm playing this by ear,’ he grunted once when the American queried the devious route he was following.
1961 A. Smith East-Enders xi. 183 ‘What happens then?’ ‘I don't know... We're playing it by ear at the moment.’
1991 Atlantic Jan. 70/2 They have agreed that they will spend the morning at the pueblo and then drive to the D.H. Lawrence ranch; the afternoon they will ‘play by ear’.
2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 Feb. xiii. 5/2 Like the engines they work on, these kids are generations evolved from the days of the shade-tree mechanic who often played it by ear.
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