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80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVik1xXZIn
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmOAxoFL8R
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TttlI4JyM
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqJHb1SKEu
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRs99yAq7n
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjFnXgOyAk
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyd3dh3fTMI
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRSwErrEQJ
千蹄同道80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeooeARkHVb
千輪同步80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9jaDqmZnL
千輪同路80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0BnqVVNFX
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQy6uhTOIh
幻成紋鋼80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1SVC5GoGx
化成紋鋼 舉刀光80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV6ar74QzW
化成紋鋼 高舉刀80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHjgdp2VpI
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4O95mb7lzI
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQDzPN0OyZ
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5nHo3ak0e
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJS0pgqMIh
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80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtz460B7tlU
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvfmNQXzgX
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEBmxWHWzi
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvgwafFVpr
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPxE16ROn8
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6qD8FnScY
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLyYcVwwyR
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
