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66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezfGLzhCWm
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4SUCrnYWn
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVBlWBSxfE
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewpEPAiRs7
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3T9RhuLheK
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNvgk8OxAo
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCkzJnqitE
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTI7k1lCM5
千蹄同道66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOYt6OWu5C
千輪同步66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUzCy21TL1
千輪同路66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBczfSbs58
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mTe8ulXum
幻成紋鋼66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYWS1BJidf
化成紋鋼 舉刀光66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPa75eEMmr
化成紋鋼 高舉刀66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzVyKtWvMf
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJMr805yHT
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24p9cRz0fm
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy4zoYNZfy
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tkGapQi31
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66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxb4imUJcl
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfppUBjwDtr
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3BS3nx8yT
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2K9XkPsgHu
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHD3EZoFdd
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVelFtgQxiv
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2r4X428j8
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
