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39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgEyplcCLG
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZothQZ62Q
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFhaVAOitF
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBUGVST1ig
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlq6DVOUBc
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgkYyGIQsT
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoK7qfGZNhP
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwmACH8Zun
千蹄同道39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ308hAUNhFO
千輪同步39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSIiVOOCwy
千輪同路39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDymOeC28Mj
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMIpJ08gVj
幻成紋鋼39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZPkZ5nd5A
化成紋鋼 舉刀光39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QaqrwIEid
化成紋鋼 高舉刀39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkkxEMEw7X
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugzD55M431
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnXmsjYsZB
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO72Pl8EOvb
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9P66OjTsV1
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39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DavbiXbRJ
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxQ7QiiPR7
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcPki9Q6yc
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTxi4OtX6E
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAe3xxUNnZ
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3n76A03eDc
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCC6WgUvvzC
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
