playing it by ear

• improvisingCreating spontaneously without plan
• wingingProceeding without preparation
• spontaneousArising without external cause
• flexibleAble to bend freely
• adaptiveAble to change accordingly

instinct · intuition · jazz · jamming · unrehearsed · offhand · loose · freestyling · ad-lib · unplanned · going · flow · moment · casual · relaxed · listening · feeling · guessing