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55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GXpzP2PU7
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDQZtxkE0W
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlnj8ZEfK9
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89B5WaKl1d
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3te48ifHk
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuq3A5ArWcs
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMf95wTk0iG
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bkvBip729
千蹄同道55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAey4AOZ7dB
千輪同步55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqLIVlXY0K
千輪同路55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Rn31tdHCD
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KAZn7upJW
幻成紋鋼55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO0fyFhrR1
化成紋鋼 舉刀光55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqfAZFmAZp
化成紋鋼 高舉刀55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiF43TsqrY
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbuMPXm2St
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiozm19pKa1
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yPyIbP6No
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkg4ZzTGIQ
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55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuAwGskdgT
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5LAl7tcrq
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpnARkM9GA
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuOuGDftab
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5iW0t1ZEe
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgzkbUCMTB
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA85l08FjN6
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
