The Freeloader for guitar quarteta peculiar stranger This piece is essentially Alex discovers the octatonic scale and 7 8 time. The first idea I sketched out for it was the ostinato that begins the fast 7 8 section. I began composing this piece in my last year studying at SUNY Fredonia, and I had no particular inspiration that I was drawing upon at first. Until I encountered a certain individual. In the fall semester of my senior year, I had to take HIST 101 World History I. It was