by ear vs improvisatory

by ear

prep
  • To do by guessing, to improvise. 

  • To play (an instrument) or sing or to learn music without reading or memorizing sheet music; to learn a language without instruction. 

improvisatory

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation 

How often have the words by ear and improvisatory occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )