Am I plagiarising Rachmaninoff? D:

Just a quick question here, I played around on the piano after listening to some Rach and came up with this, problem is, it sounds eerily similar to the second movement of Rach's piano concerto no 2. As far as I can tell I don't think I'm ripping off the chords wholesale, but then again I'm really not very sure BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT FITS RIGHT IN *flails*. Could someone tell me if this is pure plagiarism (ooh then I can be Eric Carmen), or is it just heavily inspired. Thanks! (Maybe the key and harp bassline I used aren't exactly very favourable to my case, so ignore them if need be haha)

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Using a somewhat similar chord progression is not what I would call plagiarism.

Using a somewhat similar chord progression is not what I would call plagiarism.

Well the problem is that my 'melody' is essentially one repeated note, which makes the chord structure all the more important. Thing is, I don't even know if the chord structure I used is the same as Rach's, or if it just evokes the same feel as the song =/ Well I guess if it doesn't scream out 'rip off' to you, it's fine haha, thanks~

I'd say the same ;)

Using a somewhat similar chord progression is not what I would call plagiarism.

... but style copy? :P

I have listened to Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto a million times and this sounds nothing like it so you are definitely safe. Trust me...it is my all time favorite classical piece.

Haha guess I'm overthinking things then, thanks guys! It's probably just the descending semitone bass that I've associated with Rach 2 playing tricks on me haha.