PLAYBYEAR

play by ear

Verb

  1. To play guided by one's memory of the sound, rather than from a written score.
  2. To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur.
    If they ask for something we didn't prepare, we will have to play it by ear.


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