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98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkuE0rFo4u
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpX1iLL0H2
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4B6kFFTch
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzy9TxA4VsB
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlevjSUbJ3v
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlK39itUoL2
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5Z5A1Usiz
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVluPwMrDJt
千蹄同道98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjFwgh29Dm
千輪同步98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wmQdg1W8C
千輪同路98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tIYVfHYIU
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorqYZNN6bL
幻成紋鋼98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvy5MOO7vJ
化成紋鋼 舉刀光98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZonvoX9Pr
化成紋鋼 高舉刀98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvl84Zc5iY
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3dFAxKStC
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgCbiwPNaK
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlZefxHgHl
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQyKXYt8Hm
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98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpFhJov6Ci
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqolteHKhQT
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65LXn8Yv8k
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34Gn1rCbU2
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z3hBUAGFP
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPDNw3WAST
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶98Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSSlSGulvF
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
