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play by ear
play music without written notes
If you play music by ear, you play it by listening rather than reading written musical notes.
Hear it in real life
Can you read music?
Not really, but I can play by ear.
She learned the whole song by ear after hearing it only a few times.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My uncle can play guitar by the ear.
Say: My uncle can play the guitar by ear.
The fixed phrase is 'by ear,' without 'the'.
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How it fits in a sentence.
play by ear; can play by ear; played by ear
Your turn: say it out loud
She learned the whole song by ear after hearing it only a few times.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
play by ear
play music without written notes
“She learned the whole song by ear after hearing it only a few times.”
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