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79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKTeVbLGW5
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ku7McieSK
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgSbVYUbZe
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmecWaEr2ip
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3hvJsdzD2
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKBN5baspV
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6ChpOflRP
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7xJ2035pD
千蹄同道79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSizbSzYkqa
千輪同步79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDEulrv1P5
千輪同路79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMguKhuPA2o
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXgACSqjqj
幻成紋鋼79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdOJRlaNoV
化成紋鋼 舉刀光79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvlZtA07MY
化成紋鋼 高舉刀79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajaPtfIVHg
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjMLW7TC8b
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5n9O0tnF4
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLD0aEfAZON
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKe5ZRaCVj0
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79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxdBQhyKe3
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOpTyQXfZF
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JPSo2yu1p
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMdDLC7kAy
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6UV40yS5j
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecpLysxIzf
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶79Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8a60Gb93O
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
