How to Play the Piano

{{Short description|1950 British instructional TV series}}

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How to Play the Piano was a British television series which was aired in 1950 on BBC. In the programme, Sidney Harrison showed how to play the piano to a pupil, Edward Goodwin. Episode titles included "how to practise",{{Cite web|title=BBC Television - 14 November 1950 - BBC Genome|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctv/1950-11-14|access-date=2021-01-28|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}} "how to play with expression",{{Cite web|title=BBC Television - 21 November 1950 - BBC Genome|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctv/1950-11-21|access-date=2021-01-28|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}} and "how do you play?".{{Cite web|title=BBC Television - 28 November 1950 - BBC Genome|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctv/1950-11-28|access-date=2021-01-28|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}} It aired in a 30-minute time-slot.