According to the team, humans are often better at picking out interesting wave patterns by ear than by eye—and can even do better than computers at identifying that emerge during extreme solar events.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-space-played-nasa-harp.html

Encouraged by his parents, he received tuition as a young boy but after just one year he decided to throw away the teaching books and play by ear.

Source: https://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/23598364.weos-welcome-talented-musician-david-harrild-july/?ref=rss

“I’m just playing it by ear with him.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1813544/therapist-told-me-to-have-affairs-I-had-four

My mother could play the piano by ear, but I didn’t inherit that gift, so she enlisted a piano teacher to instruct me.

Source: https://georgiabulletin.org/commentary/2023/11/terrible-at-tennis-and-pathetic-on-the-piano-thank-god-for-our-other-gifts/