Definitions from Wiktionary (play by ear)
▸ verb: (transitive and intransitive, of music) To play guided by one's musical ear, rather than from a written score.
▸ verb: (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur, often with risk of negative outcomes; to improvise.
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▸ verb: (transitive and intransitive, of music) To play guided by one's musical ear, rather than from a written score.
▸ verb: (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur, often with risk of negative outcomes; to improvise.
Similar:
fly blind,
feel one's way,
fly by the seat of one's pants,
wing it,
improvise,
play someone like a fiddle,
play first fiddle,
freeball,
play someone like a bass fiddle,
extemporise,
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Opposite:
Types:
improvisation,
jamming,
ear training,
transcribing,
sight-reading,
chord progressions,
melody recognition,
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