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140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyhojLwtLC
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfyJSC5jEl
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT46IZHgJ5
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRVtHztpH2
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8lIx2Yjap
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJk67WTThI
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qzXOgjpRu
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbACNwXCYvp
千蹄同道140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdcviUBbgQ
千輪同步140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFiklU6K3r
千輪同路140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HoVv85wqr
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9anyfHJy8R
幻成紋鋼140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgbNij7RCp
化成紋鋼 舉刀光140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9VD2UEDVz
化成紋鋼 高舉刀140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uW1nqPg4E
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqHAXa6md5
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyi24WIhny
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AeT6ZHhOr
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQCSnQowG4
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140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5qMnUBkrN
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FGSDsvRdY
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboPJJRTuqN
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJoXBgBeod
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfk5uGBXVj
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3R7OJo2uco
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwD66kMeYLi
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
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