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78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVI1SZlnvp
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvqSqQi8Wc
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHd1IeGKJks
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVolFlphAV3
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDP1sDhqiF
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxD4uABBgFO
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyZXjBLOfd
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6BgM3O5rI
千蹄同道78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wOa8FAMla
千輪同步78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ73jFZXNM5
千輪同路78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZSGXRw2zu
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DOehomSLd
幻成紋鋼78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAImuS5hiT
化成紋鋼 舉刀光78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDdGTDb8Rp
化成紋鋼 高舉刀78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnfcOmefDq
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHll1nqYr7
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpwir5Qd9h
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozWk4S2GNz
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIMSetFo95
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78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1XydVoTNW
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVU2PLg5UB
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8NH164zhe
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkQqzMrpIC
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOs8IhH9cY
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HqQJsHaMw
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶78Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybVWfkWwzB
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
