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132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpbVoiDRGu
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtL17yJYBVe
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpzYM2qgbJ
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAElkbUlbcP
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTT7pQxQ2kE
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlW1Z6D11q
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWt1wuDAIBQ
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6J8z5tUNz
千蹄同道132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHDqG4CPRT
千輪同步132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8dvADNPEh
千輪同路132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRQC844e6J
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpvenC2kLg
幻成紋鋼132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8C7Au1OVW
化成紋鋼 舉刀光132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BD74CJv1F
化成紋鋼 高舉刀132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPFhxVMXC8
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WiB2InuwJ
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKCmupckpi
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSSIabgRas
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyob570YohK
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132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfqNkwxd1i
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxAbcgcdCI
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWnfzZISBh
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZd25f6NOt
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gTAapiSlV
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarjvb1Ekux
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶132Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqSAotLgjC
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
