by ear

English

Prepositional phrase

by ear

1. (music) To learn to play (an instrument) or sing by listening to recorded music without reading or memorizing sheet music or without any formal instruction.
2. (language learning) To learn a language without instruction.
3. To do by guessing, to improvise.

Derived terms

• learn by ear
• play by ear
• play it by ear

Translations

to learn or perform using only hearing

• Danish: efter gehør
• Finnish: korvakuulolta, korvakuulon mukaan
• French: à l’oreille (fr)
• Galician: de oído
• German: nach Gehör, nach dem Gehör
• Hungarian: hallás után (hu)
• Russian: на слух (ru) (na slux)
• Swedish: på gehör (sv) n

See also

• routiner

Anagrams

• Bayer, Beary, Earby, Yebra, barye, beary, beray, yerba