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35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOAgP3Xleu
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbFxs0sqfM
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5Fs5rH82q
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBp2PrbB0BC
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabOYEkIhpg
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVHeoeSlS0
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg174bXu97Q
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLc3L3x6w5R
千蹄同道35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkxYajHY8p
千輪同步35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq75vg6dhaz
千輪同路35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoIEK25cEX
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBW1p1eqqr
幻成紋鋼35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HJDICR155
化成紋鋼 舉刀光35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubdKH7A8va
化成紋鋼 高舉刀35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlnm23gXA4
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyaFtEABh8
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgto19Xswh8
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHt3166YUQ
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0C4gDeGFZ
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35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVzPyVcWSM
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rn6t5jZSq
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQd5hzvSrg
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpUmsK1f5y
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzV1i4z2uY
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfhGkiQH18
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXubzMUw6Dw
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
