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72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRltt86dQb
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzoCxunjIC
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnYRQrX3ke
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7g6zn1ps5
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDwGVJPEHg
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iGaIFr3Yi
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBC1iGsFkwn
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJgZWHBlYe
千蹄同道72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBpxdGhhYw
千輪同步72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOs3VUto1cZ
千輪同路72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdNLZdVTYc
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NSWKBh1ki
幻成紋鋼72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo12oGYodxY
化成紋鋼 舉刀光72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNSusvDATY
化成紋鋼 高舉刀72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7PhpGklF6
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7BQlULTCS
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGFg6m8IaF
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgVSQeiwe2
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdc23fWNhhe
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72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwwLdOzhVF
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzFLZSDo1y
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ruRqD9ZGe
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsbXcSp7jK
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5sIclGHXN
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9rVHIDGIY
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IeNSH3dJQ
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
