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141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugQPxHa9aZ
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XmjBD0Flf
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwCvU24Xkt
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp7VJ5UKpF
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCg4bcmlMf
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJnJA6QlVy
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrlJwNifG1
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2mISejRSL
千蹄同道141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLCTghk8Zk
千輪同步141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRTp97FUw4
千輪同路141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISmo4iENxH
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85HzZpnLCf
幻成紋鋼141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSITsmowbs5
化成紋鋼 舉刀光141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJARr3XrwC
化成紋鋼 高舉刀141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzu6QSuM2E0
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3tcIlKrTV
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZ5Fc2x7iz
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCJcsLn4iH
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqodITXO7W
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141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjQWXlV3QJ
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQyBs4lQTD
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4D1BO0ysg
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYRgo0flQ9
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsqMMBlew3
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdxzk4qEjf
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶141Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEU6LvnSYU
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
