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138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO4pCdAWIZ
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBV6DE33HkR
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUngC8uyZzt
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCgP62FaVo
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jkLI4FE45
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Wmij6OoaC
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qDG6ANo76
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3NdqSEbCO
千蹄同道138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hCIOrv928
千輪同步138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Yb4SKLbCO
千輪同路138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Q4LhcyKvt
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVIVcpgrKp
幻成紋鋼138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBFLF3V4L1
化成紋鋼 舉刀光138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfYKVzMkFk
化成紋鋼 高舉刀138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7Z7a2M9qc
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUglMLcmutw
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNNCCefuBX
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TIXvroQza
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgBApPUPre
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138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBXtqW3sPf
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCo6SrGDke
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd51G2pqL0h
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyKKfYA0se
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NCLdNK42m
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLceDdJaix8
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶138Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRDjy8c6u1
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
