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142Please respect copyright.PENANADMZWn23glP
千民同怒 責成文告 蒼天可鑑苦共同142Please respect copyright.PENANA4hj9PzVwi4
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 今起甘與苦共盟142Please respect copyright.PENANABKvMELL8aM
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼天拯救苦命徒142Please respect copyright.PENANAV1s7F5YSps
千民同怒 揭旗同訴 蒼生苦痛煎~熬142Please respect copyright.PENANA1pjElCjFJy
千蹄同步 結盟同告 衷心甘與苦共同142Please respect copyright.PENANAEeBXjcLGgG
千蹄同步 結盟同告 終生甘與苦共途142Please respect copyright.PENANAwNZDxcKVdv
千蹄同路 結盟同告 不分甘與苦共途142Please respect copyright.PENANAA065Zjzn8d
千蹄同道142Please respect copyright.PENANAKoBkW4pJGX
千輪同步142Please respect copyright.PENANA8oqNAo2drD
千輪同路142Please respect copyright.PENANAwr4ZiGBgLn
千輪同道
the second line of the chorus
化成紋鋼142Please respect copyright.PENANApw0rcAnwd4
幻成紋鋼142Please respect copyright.PENANAzdVg65Nk3g
化成紋鋼 舉刀光142Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2NfgQD9xp
化成紋鋼 高舉刀142Please respect copyright.PENANAQNw4JC41BX
鍊成紋鋼 高光鋒 開出血與路142Please respect copyright.PENANAfUapZtMbtF
鍊成紋鋼 高鋒光 斬開血與路142Please respect copyright.PENANA7bvKiXnXqH
鍊成紋鋼 高黑鋒 斬出鐵血路142Please respect copyright.PENANA78UnRxQhSe
鍊成紋鋼 高剛鋒 斬出鐵血路142Please respect copyright.PENANAn91GHLVSi8
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142Please respect copyright.PENANAUA2lzZnFHW
化成烈颯戰風 破洶湧142Please respect copyright.PENANArmUNbyM9Pa
化做銀颯迅風 破厄凶142Please respect copyright.PENANABXaxuVe0FR
化做銀迅颯風 破厄凶142Please respect copyright.PENANAFvcRdCKHbt
化做烈颯戰風 破洶湧142Please respect copyright.PENANACgsrpON0Yn
化做銀迅凜風 破厄凶142Please respect copyright.PENANAo0vyNN6Ga3
化做銀颯凜風 破厄凶142Please respect copyright.PENANALISjzwKpBB
化做烈凜戰風 破洶湧