Episode 3 Epic Quick Blast

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Welcome to the world of Epic.

Sit back, strap yourself in

and get ready to become epic at everything!

Welcome to your quick blast of epicness.

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

First up, do you want to know how to be an amazing guitarist?

Then check this out.

Hey, I'm Herman Li, guitarist of the band Dragonforce,

and this is how to be epic on the rock guitar.

Rock on, man!

To really rock, you need an electric guitar and an amplifier.

First, let's get the right height on the guitar strap.

You don't want the strap too high - you want it around waist height,

so we can really rock out.

Right, we've got the kit - we're ready to rock!

-But how do you play?

-Let's start with playing an epic A minor chord.

-Ooh!

-With your index finger,

press on the top string here, on the fifth fret.

The frets are the lines across the neck.

And two frets down, on the string below,

use your ring finger and press it down.

Hold the pick with the right hand.

You use your index finger and your thumb.

Strum down on the two strings of the frets which you're holding.

To play a basic rock chord, you put your index finger on the top string,

and then your ring finger two frets up.

-CHORD PLAYS

-Et voila - a rock sound!

Once you're comfortable with this, you can move your fingers up and

down the neck to play all different kind of chords - look at this.

With enough practice, using the same chords,

you can do something like this.

HE PLAYS A ROCK RIFF

Now, that's how you become epic on the rock guitar.

Cheers, mate!

Right, onto the next,

and this one is going to make you look totally cool

on the basketball court!

And we've got a four-time Paralympian from Team GB

to show you how to do it.

I'm Terry Bywater. I play wheelchair basketball for Great Britain,

-and this is how to spin a ball on your finger.

-Epic!

Firstly, find a comfortable way to hold the ball -

I have two hands on either side, like this -

to spin...

OK - that looks easy enough.

The faster the ball spins, the easier it is to land on your finger.

When the ball's spinning, allow the ball to find your finger.

Keep your finger really steady, and this will keep the ball rotating.

Still sounds easy...

To keep the ball spinning,

you just need to keep tapping the side of the ball.

With a bit of practice, you're going to be able

to spin the ball for as long as you like.

And that's how to spin a basketball on your finger.

If you thought that was epic, then wait for this - it's tap-dancing,

which is definitely a lot more epic than dancing...

with a tap.

Hi. I'm Naomi Wilkinson, and I'm going to teach you

how to...tap-dance!

To begin with, you're going to need a pair of tap shoes

and obviously, a hard floor so you can hear your taps.

Tap shoes are made with metal plates on the toes and heels

so they make sounds as they hit the floor.

Hard floor and noisy footwear - got it.

So let's...get moving!

I'm going to show you how to do a shuffle ball change.

Shu-ffle

ball change.

A shuffle is simply two taps -

a simple forwards

and backwards tap,

all using the front, or the ball, of your foot -

like this. Shu-ffle.

Once you've got the hang of the shuffle,

you can move onto the ball change.

Again, it's just making two very simple sounds,

the first one with the ball of your right foot,

slightly behind... TAP

Then the ball of the left foot... TAP

Ball change!

Now, put those two moves together.

Shu-ffle ball change.

Shu-ffle ball change.

Once you've got the hang of that, speed it up!

Shu-ffle ball change, shu-ffle ball change,

shu-ffle ball change, shu-ffle ball change.

Or...super fast!

FAST TAP SOUNDS

Thanks, Naomi, you dancing diva!

So there you have it - your quick blast of epicness.

Now go forth and be epic at everything!

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