Ryan Clemens has been an elearning student for four years and hopes to become an ornithologist. His senior project involved learning to play guitar by having a mentor teach him five classic rock songs from the 1960s over five lessons. He also researched the history and influences of the artists of those songs. Through this process, Ryan learned guitar skills like chord progressions and Tennessee numbers that he will be able to use for a lifetime of playing guitar. He believes the project was an overall success in achieving his goal of learning about rock music and guitar.

1. Ryan Clemens Senior Project
Presentation

2. Introduction
-I have been an elearning student for four years
-Elearning has provided me and other students with
an alternative way of education for kids that don’t
perform well in classroom settings

3. Introduction
-My favorite subject of study is Science
-I hope to one day be an Ornithologist (studies
Birds)
-My plans for the future are to work for a year then
get my AA through a community college before
transferring to a college of my choice

4. Interests

5. Interests
Fishing

6. Interests
Photography

7. Interests
Birding

8. Interests
Kayaking

9. Interests
Hiking

10. Interests
Camping

11. Interests
Trap Shooting

12. Interests
Archery

13. Interests
Playing Guitar

14. Eagle Scout Project

15. Eagle Scout Project

16. Eagle Scout Project

17. Eagle Scout Project

18. Eagle Scout Project

19. Senior Project

20. My Project Topic
I have always loved listening to rock and recently I
started learning how to play guitar. My goal in doing
this project is to set out to learn how to play and
learn the origins of this genre and to learn
additional guitar information that I can’t self teach
myself.

21. How I will Achieve My Goal
Upon meeting with my mentor we both decided that
the best way to achieve my goal was to pick 5 popular
songs from this era that my mentor knew how to play
and have him teach me them.

22. The Five Songs
“Folsom Prison Blues” By Johnny Cash

23. The Five Songs
“Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

24. The Five Songs
“Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd

25. The Five Songs
“House of The Rising Sun” by The Animals

26. The Five Songs
“Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry

27. Research Paper
Since the paper required 5 entries and I was
learning 5 songs I decided to do my research
paper on the history and influences of the
artists of my 5 songs

28. Research Paper
The results of my research came to the
conclusion that 60’s rock’s main influences
were Blues, Country, and Folk

29. Process
My mentor and I decided and planned to
meet with each other 5 times for an hour at
a time. In each meeting he would teach me a
new song and in between meetings I could
practice and do my research

30. Process

31. Process

32. Process

33. Process
I learned a lot in the process of completing this
project. I learned what I set out to learn and my
mentor was great at teaching me. The skills and
knowledge that I acquired through completing this
project I will be able to use through out my lifetime
of guitar playing. I learned useful skills like
understanding tennessee numbers, chord
progressions and what it’s like playing in front of a
live audience.

34. Demonstration

35. Conclusion
I think this project was an overall success. I learned
a lot and my mentor was a great teacher. Looking
back I don’t believe I would have done anything
different.