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118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquAjQwLibM
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5Dwn7qcen
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YdwQxoV86
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRtlfznfzH
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZwjioBJgl
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaO7bs5PwrO
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzitthdaf6
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoksIZMSE6K
千蹄同道118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3wuKGy9AD
千輪同步118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm966kpxcMV
千輪同路118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkOgJ3x14q
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGgXINMxBz
幻成紋鋼118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9gekikDda
化成紋鋼 舉刀光118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35SJHPtq8d
化成紋鋼 高舉刀118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuUC6XzmPb
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdJaWb8HI3
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXmq39iSYG
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66gE8i0Hxe
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWnTuKIdH6
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118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZM3JEWYjK4
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMzPYOWe5R
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcr90WFqGF7
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWjhswNatF
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLcuaNeyGD
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjEe4sFePj
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL80tjcZZ4X
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
