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
