by ear vs prepared

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. 

prepared

adj
  • Disposed, willing, ready (to do something). 

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