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124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgiPE6bfwL
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4CeuO3bLk
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWcUEcZ6Kk
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwSBgQFhBF
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUlotCXDcG
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEhGnVZrnw
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwSIC4FIHt
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRVI0Uwa0m
千蹄同道124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXiALkeCNo
千輪同步124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj07rWPD0Rr
千輪同路124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbskizG7bDM
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GHuEsTZvu
幻成紋鋼124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFvuRvj8Ua
化成紋鋼 舉刀光124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqws4G1izEv
化成紋鋼 高舉刀124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzl5Mc5TN46
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6HdDXUDKT
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKESWfcu7J
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6yxRrrUYp
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zwGcr3MMf
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124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtV6FI1Yoz
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZxwudtCZj
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIqCQ4EN67
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYD3tw8EC7u
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9ZxOXW354
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVB9eIE5T73
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvk20bKPxS
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
