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64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFY2WzbHni
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5OcvXKSda
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEClhwiMc2
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8CVCTejHs
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHEFQiCav7
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ4PXEY3NG
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRPRVfKawG
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXldx2vWN6
千蹄同道64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluD4NJxnWI
千輪同步64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlt2S0hzF4b
千輪同路64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzfg5wIJMO
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3gbd8NI1I
幻成紋鋼64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2L73Vj7W6
化成紋鋼 舉刀光64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbuvRSpFdK
化成紋鋼 高舉刀64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOYeHgHMir
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRn2NUznJ8
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcUI52DChs
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6kK1Kgtmu
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjnLz7twNW
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64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEeer4pylI
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVilLWYFxx6
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiKQ5wb0pP
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzC1sC1vJGb
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHdpwBhwQt
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRIOe2IEsF
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPL41YNsQU
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
