by ear vs made-up

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. 

made-up

adj
  • Arranged or put together. 

  • Changed by the application of cosmetics; wearing make-up. 

  • Delighted, pleased, thrilled. 

  • Invented or fabricated. 

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