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46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3lhuEDi8z
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuoCay2Cm3
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQrR9aMWUb
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOqVYiN70j
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzT4ONaIDn
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZtVxfdrZX
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlr4nGHopJn
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aKFYujP6d
千蹄同道46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrwrxrVBuD
千輪同步46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1luQM9Y4x
千輪同路46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97oPRzZVGW
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmR6NM4xUW
幻成紋鋼46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqXkVzWO62
化成紋鋼 舉刀光46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjrY2k9v3T
化成紋鋼 高舉刀46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVI3hfwyTF
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwec4EEBkvg
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawvsZNfn0d
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDy2jE6c9K
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF751ZKLlvO
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46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxlrGYuGdU
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7mCMQBMf5
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswSIDTcOUS
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fPDKigV77
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5Bz8uyUti
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqmlCNvBJk
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KChfCa7I9
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
