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71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpKte5XGgL
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUZwDKgSzg
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnPY6cQca4
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Nx8hm0i5Y
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNF1BhS8yd
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHMziYH65l
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkurBcmdePY
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC9B91Ek1z
千蹄同道71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAV9XvjVVu
千輪同步71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwK07QAvj0l
千輪同路71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4U79Vz9QbR
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPdKRqWrkX
幻成紋鋼71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsDnBDD9bk
化成紋鋼 舉刀光71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WoTgGOBL4
化成紋鋼 高舉刀71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrsMv5njrx
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZVfOehgJ2
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfNIRz5E9X
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAEASjCD1y
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDE48RSJEs
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71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoFBMiM36Q
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREkKejcwGG
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsQ59nSfJi
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibtoEdMlua
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZYLowL69I
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PdeERiujO
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶71Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UZGDQkTvV
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
