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44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0tMTPpC99
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKOGqMmyer
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8AMeToedU
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIrcd2p6sZ
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎～熬44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreXkPhX8Fl
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXtlxGmK0K
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoD1tE7u7C
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSz74nhBNc
千蹄同道44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSJ10P5vRs
千輪同步44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaONKHH0yBN
千輪同路44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOiifeT7vb
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivKWaRYz5z
幻成紋鋼44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfztqPwsFKF
化成紋鋼 舉刀光44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG706lXzyNl
化成紋鋼 高舉刀44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWr8jgtGSDH
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJM4wlARMj
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNggxyavs9
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpWynnYw9j
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jHKNbqcKY
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44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcEJDrilqc
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszoHrOeuzG
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVWYCdbJCV
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1B5fVIPBJ
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk70jTnyLvO
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseux47fxym
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jIsBOFTzw
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧
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