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77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3ThKFcRib
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWC49yRFC4A
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3JACBgzHn
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerm93MdexE
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXxHbihHxE
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeKyH8ZxOq
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMo7Rghrhxl
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmgv8ajgdr
千蹄同道77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwkIvvZZE9
千輪同步77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTnfsEE5tX
千輪同路77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXgnDmrOQo
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTB1CYl2EyT
幻成紋鋼77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJwtmkCrqn
化成紋鋼 舉刀光77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyAIpxOPh7
化成紋鋼 高舉刀77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTR6QSzmdJy
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt10Revzx4g
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5kZFxzLR4
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbrFdgHzyM
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFeXrUaq5H
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77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebnAMbUwjo
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04A9J85tOQ
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QBsvOX5Z3
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FA9es8jVG
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoFZCEGWZ8
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMaZe4K7p0
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NPWaG8gNZ
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
