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125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwgVvUcelo
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYENTkSiQLg
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZs7H4pXppw
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZZI9pSxqK
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcIC6DsIOR
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrs6pHcXaz
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj19xNnusPb
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBVjP7p01w
千蹄同道125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHte5qCYmiF
千輪同步125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvaLuUJteF
千輪同路125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMAZ3paicL
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjg3UesGLWK
幻成紋鋼125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqUTPAR7nM
化成紋鋼 舉刀光125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2L9qnjE7K
化成紋鋼 高舉刀125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXYRasZpfO
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cHDYZKjZO
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUlYdhxWek
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs91NooRzB
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9mx6KYj9W
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125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPYRofYG4Y
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZllZB5y8E
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMG2u904zfU
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw24ftl4dtj
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUO1HKWoHG0
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXqbyVmQyF
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶125Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUufHSVuFk7
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
