EAR, in Music, denotes a kind of internal sense, whereby we perceive and judge of harmony and musical sounds. See MUSIC.
In music we seem universally to acknowledge something like a distinct sense from the external one of hearing; and call it a good ear. And the like distinction we should probably acknowledge in other affairs, had we got distinct names to denote these powers of perception by. Thus a greater capacity of perceiving the beauties of painting, architecture, &c. is called a fine taste.