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76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5utVzGXVgo
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWneB6VEj5
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpm57W47R3V
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kDrtiD6sZ
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3Z74uNf7B
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKQcbXi6Kf
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0baHUpqY3
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LT9d0QNev
千蹄同道76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJgkjLmfEf
千輪同步76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZRtgKZMwK
千輪同路76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCEkx4BOtf
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdmI9iAkL6
幻成紋鋼76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaejPUR2e3U
化成紋鋼 舉刀光76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8jfEnr0qG
化成紋鋼 高舉刀76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyTlKZAjLz
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDG04E8Lx2
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3s64kzCqs
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VJud6Zg58
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqScyBuvR7
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76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9I8bFVBRu
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEYTtkdFfY
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICpwipc5Ir
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvneC8NG3V
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XeSd4rGEl
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuo82CgLga
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4hyYeyr7R
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
