August 16, 2025Aug 16 Hello @Tunndy and welcome to the forum! I think this is a fun exercise to help you understand Khachaturian's composition and how it works harmonically and melodically! And, I love this piece! It's my all time favorite waltz for sure as displayed in this topic: What's your favorite waltz? But of course, people won't be able to help but to compare this to the original, and even if just by duration only, it pales in comparison. But I'm sure this was a very educational process to create this, given that the original was for orchestra and you had to arrange it effectively for piano, which you did with some personal changes that imo don't improve it. But you're fighting an uphill battle in this kind of mimicry because the original piece has 76 years of nostalgia already established for it. And people don't like knock-offs or off-shoots. But I'm not trying to discourage you - if you find this process educational then by all means keep doing this kind of composing! There's plenty of composers who make mock-ups of other composers' works for the same reason although usually they try to stay as true to the original as they can. Thanks for sharing! Edit: But there's also of course the endeavor of writing variations, reharmonizations, or re-arranging the original material which I definitely want to encourage since I myself love writing these kinds of pieces.
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