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379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4xU67l7Vl
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtpI9vNj3m
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3NqFzpSIe
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWj4iwSNxt
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd9sBHt3LW
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIybzXqSMiL
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBqHCaAkwH
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TNaKisBbg
千蹄同道379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjg9OoKWrl
千輪同步379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPyXXgPjhw
千輪同路379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7g6Liqvb9
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXfot1Y41Z
幻成紋鋼379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ38jebQCi
化成紋鋼 舉刀光379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10zdbkvTh2
化成紋鋼 高舉刀379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HaFaqyYu1
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaWl7LiEDN
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPf6mouaggj
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgmMawwpND
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsOBzcRcD6
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379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDrmErGx8K
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxpt4TeYZF
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx6kZgiYTT
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsFNLcXTqZ
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzKrkbTdkT
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtOlod3Syc
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmiUKYhEYr
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
and then Add to home screen.