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82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxkfaZwEuh
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzVgbQ42Mn
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5YXCWHVnM
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ141urbC88
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInprnYHAmU
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWly1NvVpY
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATcHH1XqRx
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QZpzMzm1u
千蹄同道82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdPNUpu3kk
千輪同步82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3YTMTz1rP
千輪同路82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeUHq5tdoP
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzynJRMpKE
幻成紋鋼82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kfdQgT3t4
化成紋鋼 舉刀光82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWC9vAIOUK
化成紋鋼 高舉刀82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXrKWHz6ab
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY5cgR2SPj
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvK2dE0hQn
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yYCgN4LyH
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3j24XnmAfu
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82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPNo2fJlGn
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS97XX1to2k
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarDk8AJrCv
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscpaSguFNL
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrsUOFhNWY
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGvwn79OwE
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶82Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwULENkg4LW
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
and then Add to home screen.