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104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXTavWvmXr
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXtebNMIvx
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDYDsevIV1
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA45wylR8EW
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1OWAht3Uc
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTR3x6wqmvK
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00WqldBq0x
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfFl9QklzM
千蹄同道104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3Lw3dpV73
千輪同步104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAyCFy0LEF
千輪同路104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXi9G5Op6qB
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWljiP5pdFV
幻成紋鋼104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh1zRx4GIo
化成紋鋼 舉刀光104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnq9itAbpx
化成紋鋼 高舉刀104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6WQiwolSt
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5STvI111e
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Htu7Nv5N6
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCsVpejQLC
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEsdeB6Sv7
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104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tIDS71vaI
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2X05xwmQQ
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghZEkfTwer
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJv70Hq8bNf
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwAYHvKqiW
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhkgrF5C6m
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶104Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMq5Ft5jCz4
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
