Do you compose music or write lyrics first? According to China's tradition, songs in the past always had tunes before lyrics. But now, it is relatively free and can be decided according to the actual situation.

first, write lyrics first, and then compose music.

For example, when a musician sees a poem with beautiful rhyme, he can improvise and compose a song, and then the whole song becomes. This kind of situation of composing music with lyrics is more common.

For example, the poem "Little Donkey" written by Sanmao was praised by the composer, and then it was suggested that Sanmao modify the poem. Only in this way did the lyrics of "Olive Tree" come into being, and then, the composer wrote a tune, which has become a popular song to this day.

Tayu Lo once composed and sang Yu Guangzhong's Four Rhymes of Homesickness.

second, compose the music first, and then write the lyrics.

In this case, it is often the cooperation of music masters and lyric writers. The musician sets the tone of the music, writes the score, and then asks a trusted ci writers to write the lyrics.

Other lyric writers, who also know the music score, can choose their favorite ready-made tunes and adapt them with their own lyrics, which is the perfect song.

It is the Li Shutong version of Farewell that is famous. The tune of "Farewell" is taken from John? Pound? Oatway composed an American song "Dream of Home and Mother", while Japanese lyricist Ningen used this melody to fill in a lyric called "Travel Sorrow".

Li Shutong's Farewell is based on Ningen's Travel Sorrow. Farewell has been brilliant in China so far, which can be said to be a very successful adaptation and creation.