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57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCj0kHW1DMq
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlBcRGlTJw
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuMYFZEnD0
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxut9a33Qb
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxMbJiN5da
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7bC5hKlX6
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVqHbbHrNy
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VlFD2FLL6
千蹄同道57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRXKkC9xj6
千輪同步57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCs0j6QfMS
千輪同路57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtXUwWSenZ
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOa0765kJSw
幻成紋鋼57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFI7y7Zg76
化成紋鋼 舉刀光57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBZa0q71kD
化成紋鋼 高舉刀57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfRXSoEJzs
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VvALWCq8V
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAV3xEtDcs
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbUPkpeQ6n
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWbkpJlY18
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57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yx16jHrKx
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEWgS4zjZ9
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8u2BQh7sz
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXzWSFuFSt
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvxqoJV6Bz
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRS3Nan8Wb
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiImd2D1n09
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
