2025-03-22 溫差
I am trying something new. Well, maybe not that new. It’s just that I’ve been doing this in my head for a while, but I recently figure that I should also write the process down semi-systematically.
It is a way to write Cantonese derivative lyric onto an existing song. I call this exploratory lyric fitting. The idea is simple. I already know the melody of a song. I also already know roughly what kind of content I want to write. So I just try to fit Cantonese words onto the melody through trial-and-error.
I’ve been doing this in my head for a while. But, the problem is, an “idea” is very fluid, such that it easily slips away, and I easily forget it or distort it. Also, if it just live in my head without materializing, subsequent works become difficult. Most importantly, without any tangible record, and unable to recall what I have thought of, I cannot pick up and continue my work after interruptions.
The new way I do this is that, I simply jot down whatever Cantonese words that I guess may fit onto the melody and fit into the general idea of the song. I may write it down on a mobile app, on some scrap paper, or on whatever. And then, I may note down which “line” of melody I am writing about. It is that simple. No tricks.
Due to the nature of trial-and-error, a line of melody is associated to a lot of trials. And it is quite repetitive between trials.
So, let’s take, as an example, a lyric fitting exercise I have been working on last week.
slug: silver_flash
the first line of the chorus
千民同怒 結成民告102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4ULwwiPZu
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVo0WlkVAGv
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJiajepQYv
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSzBeGJmFs
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFu0esa7vV
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsjZNnhi5j
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAviwLEK4sX
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgSQCUBd9m
千蹄同道102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfZC93Rt8b
千輪同步102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxLLjpSLcb
千輪同路102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lC4w0oYrQ
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfUDuuNj7C
幻成紋鋼102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAPLcCqZuB
化成紋鋼 舉刀光102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cmImXnN30
化成紋鋼 高舉刀102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHFlnvz4pf
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJFziCOvMm
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkorLMQ8KfR
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntN41JniRc
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE78UI5yoCW
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 開闢鐵血路
the last line of the chorus
化成銀颯閃風 破厄凶102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozdsLPxtVe
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlb0DhB3zOZ
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYeMNYVBv6
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98koCj2mf2
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wh2Ob6LIS
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB47XuMY5MD
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶102Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV3Vmsq46Y
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
