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45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStDfFEC310
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyujsBTvegT
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjddidJ940E
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtH4zG9Ua8c
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ptpZiwz7k
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrW1Npx7cF
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0X2AdUEA5
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10fLim3LJO
千蹄同道45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEHj02Qpxj
千輪同步45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2iOJmkzgr
千輪同路45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEBNu2BitX
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmJtttHexC
幻成紋鋼45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkNNvohEC9
化成紋鋼 舉刀光45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfKg0h2aqq
化成紋鋼 高舉刀45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9Y4AVVZpY
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmg19UaACC
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODinfa8tsX
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sylMrSWZe
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnlDJL8GJe
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45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPb9re6mD9
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGj8rIVYWZ
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnc1fFbd98h
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbfV83NAO0
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBV3Z6NU6c2
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCydIqIs8g
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcNsEE01pd
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
