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36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzPkGRhdLM
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VkNyNvTXI
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOuDxqkdUz
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAwP0f5M7Z
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSnJ4igEGS
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSNZs5QjNS
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIMxLeMX3w
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe39Wyl4ms
千蹄同道36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpC4di3KGD
千輪同步36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoDRbCvGWw
千輪同路36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OT439NRPV
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNr4emuqAZ
幻成紋鋼36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72h0hLhKKs
化成紋鋼 舉刀光36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4MGRQVhXZ
化成紋鋼 高舉刀36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsUiBGSIPD
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApEL4XgxZZ
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEySozQNA2
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MDdiSxaH6
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3TSV76Fan
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36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHHGMmYCE7
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQpUM28RSy
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVDgApsnF7
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEzFlJTHfQ
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqZCoG29EM
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXGtAjlsAD
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNTX4ekpNZ
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
