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100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY870RUuQL3
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZer6JGJ5M
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8nIB6Edh1
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4SrUja5tX
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEhMKs0B8B
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLhSeXBDMH
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7mA5Cz7Ok
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01enVoRb2o
千蹄同道100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC7E9CVjW3
千輪同步100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOPfYtWEaR
千輪同路100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQGeG0pE5N
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15Zmclkox0
幻成紋鋼100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiywHOkG3Xw
化成紋鋼 舉刀光100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboTTCbeeIV
化成紋鋼 高舉刀100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGIpAKKqi9
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pFaxMHpVV
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGdBJRZAYT
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwb2EwQAFP
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRxQWACqkQ
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100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydRjruZfJT
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbNC1Odqap
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXFmTxVPEZ
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkimvR53I3B
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRPxWLO4L4
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P9JBQzxZq
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5KZMjko72
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
