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33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMITCIRdB99
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaMwl6aVR2
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlM4shDKok
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCosi9bk9ey
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcquIlvOrvR
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzAWtCOwh5
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGqJNVy87l
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73XilyiUjh
千蹄同道33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEVlWyuEk4
千輪同步33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRMjVUq9EJ
千輪同路33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VOGM3IAqL
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xfVkXUCWz
幻成紋鋼33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1Kb7N4mqt
化成紋鋼 舉刀光33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaq8KYSVBOZ
化成紋鋼 高舉刀33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCR4LtGW08
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bmkPW4Yae
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK0C0qsrQv
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5usoYoyCYi
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc0ltsvI2G
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33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbknkW6KoK
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Lq6M4T619
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN3zjuqITS
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi90zPRCLYq
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RI5fbR7pH
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8n3sowZ8gY
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvsZPjO7mh
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
