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41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOy3pcNoPX
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjuzXuZgly
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3ggD9kr9s
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBIJ9veGsJ
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH1spt7bZq
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9u8xOp00U
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybAvXX2Udy
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNATxcuZKh
千蹄同道41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTIccJwG4c
千輪同步41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1inxgh3SzI
千輪同路41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekQAvyG1u3
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3vhx46bt3
幻成紋鋼41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfiht594io
化成紋鋼 舉刀光41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMgG15p1Ld
化成紋鋼 高舉刀41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRuUs6w3O1
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7itRNwICE
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp1h95F2UL
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAsUkUfR4a
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXaAmKi7Bi
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41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnViEPnAdeH
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡallREKz7ts
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdh1YafA9OK
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lbbHLaOOk
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowqs5tNLk5
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3Ld4d89BS
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRRJw1LJZW
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
