ear for music
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- noun
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oído musical
- Playing the tambourine has developed in you an ear for music.
I I have a terrible, you know, ear for music, but I can do it cryptographically with.
- I I have a terrible, you know, ear for music, but I can do it cryptographically with.
Examples
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Jimmy didn't know a lot about legitimate forms of entertainment, but he had a pretty good ear for music.
Fiction book (1993) -
Like, I got Senior's ear for music.
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Some have an ear for music.
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It's like an, an ear for music or the talent to draw.
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I I have a terrible, you know, ear for music, but I can do it cryptographically with.
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I would rather develop an ear for music that touches the heart than the music that you can hum in the back of your mind.
Blog text (17) -
They have an ear for music; otherwise, they wouldn't react so promptly.
Fiction book (1995) -
In short, proponents of phrenology believed that individual character traits, whether intelligence, aggression, or an ear for music, could all be localized to very specific parts of the brain.
Blog text (10) -
She has an exceptional ear for music, allowing her to replicate melodies perfectly.
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With a keen ear for music, he quickly identified the error in the performance.
Synonyms
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2.3
The skill of noticing and understanding sounds like music or speech
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5.5
A strong sense of music and rhythm that makes speech or movement pleasant
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8.7
Someone who can hear very small differences in sounds or musical notes
The ability to hear and understand musical sounds like pitch and rhythm
How Musical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly inferable from 'ear' (used here as sensitivity or aptitude for listening) combined with 'for' + 'music'; a learner who knows 'ear' and 'music' can readily infer an ability to recognize or appreciate music. This metaphorical extension of 'ear' to mean aptitude is common cross-linguistically, so the construction is transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
The phrase ear for music comes from the simple picture of a good ear that notices small changes in a tune or notes. People who could hear these small differences were seen as able to 'recognize' and 'understand' music easily, so the expression now means a natural ability to notice and enjoy music.