by ear

English

Prepositional phrase

by ear

(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.
(language learning) To learn a language without instruction.
To do by guessing, to improvise.

Derived terms

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

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