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120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAZe6Lqf7U
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyE8F0T7iO
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17xfQyD2Vd
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GiHGlKG7V
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mtX0yzWMy
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuno3zWAqN4
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiM79v8SjJL
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QlWe8VAD5
千蹄同道120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XkaVtL7hN
千輪同步120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6vhXqeWET
千輪同路120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvifTf7CZ7
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvSwNsPvrW
幻成紋鋼120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHna5oTgGM
化成紋鋼 舉刀光120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKfvAprxHY
化成紋鋼 高舉刀120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Zw3jNfFdV
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmraq7wANt9
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMavaFLs5W
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSPFwXGUHS
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tOPKgpDQh
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120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGhOTaQclY
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRcCrxlXYA
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwer3PMDFm
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tdmpXDBwz
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAVfXKZF5J
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6aZCksRGz
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvyXv8OBvz
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
