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116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZASgUrabFd
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtM7gmShUca
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrEBv3m2bw
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AaFHpkbyF
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55Jghd2MuH
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgo4OkwZLA
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1S3SLTLLrI
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfufFGOGLT
千蹄同道116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeviuKJKWVh
千輪同步116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpNWr3WoSx
千輪同路116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhljQeOEWFx
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLkj9lUW4n
幻成紋鋼116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIirrpLBe9w
化成紋鋼 舉刀光116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPooCdg4lq
化成紋鋼 高舉刀116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bJ7VypIyk
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrxB7LxobE
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqnQWXaWd4
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoaId82rph
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47vvU77e04
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116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2XkhQXAtT
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuJ9EJJI9X
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphMXscXIpn
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66NfBDbtIL
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDyL38Ibzp
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBo4LQjyp0B
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU9WFmHsmt
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
