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139Please respect copyright.PENANAF2VEmwajLy
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同139Please respect copyright.PENANAMKjtX3ANON
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟139Please respect copyright.PENANAtsyuMHXmwO
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒139Please respect copyright.PENANA9n1hCu1lYA
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎~熬139Please respect copyright.PENANAg6szmjXjJG
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同139Please respect copyright.PENANAPIo8gNU47s
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途139Please respect copyright.PENANAWyy7U5Px1B
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途139Please respect copyright.PENANATcA2pYAdIG
千蹄同道139Please respect copyright.PENANA3Px77rr1fx
千輪同步139Please respect copyright.PENANABNS9CjsY0U
千輪同路139Please respect copyright.PENANAh4zqkfyqsj
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼139Please respect copyright.PENANAm3ebvvgGee
幻成紋鋼139Please respect copyright.PENANAEAbBqa0ZQU
化成紋鋼 舉刀光139Please respect copyright.PENANAr5r7gCqQR8
化成紋鋼 高舉刀139Please respect copyright.PENANA5xt9MfMVzx
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路139Please respect copyright.PENANAy2AxUnh47p
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路139Please respect copyright.PENANAbVWW4JVTah
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路139Please respect copyright.PENANAgjLvNPXP98
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路139Please respect copyright.PENANATe2nug8iEo
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139Please respect copyright.PENANABhGIrSSUc5
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧139Please respect copyright.PENANARzkM0nMeVS
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶139Please respect copyright.PENANAvmOFu8a41h
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶139Please respect copyright.PENANA530j2Naves
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧139Please respect copyright.PENANAQkmxuPkNj7
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶139Please respect copyright.PENANA9unPdjCzCW
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶139Please respect copyright.PENANAcPeD7SNX7l
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧