Episode 16 Epic Quick Blast

Welcome to the world of epic!

Sit back, strap yourself in and get ready

to become Epic @ Everything!

Welcome to your quick blast of epicness.

So what are we waiting for? Let's do this!

First up, here's a truly epic guitar skill that's super cool.

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And luckily for you we've got one of the fastest guitarists in the world

to show you a quick trick.

Steady on! You're going to break that thing!

That definitely will break that thing.

Hi, I'm Herman Li, guitarist of the band Dragonforce.

I'm going to show you a cool trick called tapping.

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OK, you're going to take your index finger

and put it on the smallest string on the guitar,

which is the E string, on the fifth fret.

-The frets are the lines across the neck on the guitar.

-OK.

And with your right hand,

tap with your middle finger

on the 12th fret, OK, like this.

Right hand, middle finger on the 12th fret, got it.

At the same time, you see little pinky there?

Press on and off the string on the eighth fret.

OK, so put your pinky, also known as the little finger,

-on the eighth fret.

-So let's see how it works.

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Ooh, that sounds lovely. But...what's the endgame?

Start slow, build up your speed,

and once you're comfortable with it, you can do something like this.

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Whoa, hang on, there!

That is brilliant, but it might take a while to get THAT good, though.

And that's how you do tapping on the electric guitar.

Thanks, Herman!

On we go. Ever needed the loo? Yes.

Don't want the whole room to know you need a wee? Obviously.

Well, try some toilet-based sign language.

Hi, I'm Matt.

And I'm going to tell you how to sign "I need the toilet".

This guy is a sign-tastic superstar. Watch and learn.

Firstly, it's important to know

in sign language, they drop loads of words.

-So "I need the toilet" essentially becomes, "Toilet where?"

-OK.

The first word is toilet and to do this you take your middle finger

-and rub it on the right side of your chest.

-Understood.

The next word is where, and all you have to do to sign this

is put your hands out in front of you and wave them around in circles.

-Dead easy.

-Put them together and it looks like this.

And that is how to sign "I need the toilet".

Yeah, but Matt, I actually do need the loo. Where is it?

OK, this next one will have all your mates cracking up.

Hi, I'm Debra Stephenson and I'm going to show you

how to be epic at impression.

Sounds good to me, Debra. Tell us more.

If you want to do an impression of someone,

you need to study them really carefully.

It's not just the voice you're looking for,

it's all sorts of things. So let's break it down.

-Mannerisms are important to look for. Stacey Solomon.

-For a second time.

-I know.

-What you have to do is this. "Oh!

-"Oh, I can't believe it."

-OK, Debra, what else should we be doing?

Don't forget to look for the accent.

It seems obvious but if someone has a regional accent,

that gives you something definite to work with.

Somebody like Cheryl Cole, for instance.

Playing to Newcastle was always a childhood dream of mine.

Practise saying, Cheryl Cole's soul.

That was amazing, you totally nailed that.

Look out for catchphrases and key words cos that makes things easier.

For instance, Tess Daley always says, "Keep dancing!"

Keep dancing!

Finally, look out for any minor speech impediments

such as a lisp or a lazy R.

If you have a lisp and a lazy R and you put it back in your throat

and you have a Northern accent as well,

with an enthusiastic personality, all of a sudden you have Helen Skelton.

It's everything rolled into one. Good luck!

Let me tell you a secret.

Well done, Debra, you can have a Blue Peter badge for that.

That is how to be epic at impressions.

Thanks, Debra. So there you have it. Your quick blast of epicness.

Now go forth and be epic at everything!