Tantan (song)

Key takeaways

Tantan (song) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tantan (song) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tantan (song) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tantan is a lyric humming song included in Gong Linna's 2006 album "Thoughts on a Silent Night". The entire song has no lyrics. There are only "um, oh, alas, yo..." . In October 2010, a video of this song at the 2010 Beijing Spring Festival Concert was uploaded online by netizens. The unlyricized babbling singing and the exaggerated expressions of Gong Linna during her performance in the video made it spread rapidly on the Internet and was hailed as a "divine song" by netizens.

Song Introduction The singer Gong Linna is from Guiyang, Guizhou Province. She has been learning vocal music since childhood. In 1999, Gong Linna was once awarded the title of "Folk Song Champion". In 2000, she won the silver award in the National Youth Singer TV Grand Prix for the ethnic singing style and the "National Audience's Most Favorite Singer Award". Later, Gong Linna married a German composer named Lao Luo, and this piece "Tantan" was composed by Lao Luo. The first performance of this song was in 2009. Gong Linna sang two songs at a concert of her vocal teacher, the renowned professor of vocal music at the China Conservatory of Music, Zou Wenqin. One was the theme song of "Blood and Romance", and the other was "Tantan". According to Gong Linna, since the entire song has no lyrics, each performance is different and all are improvised. The title of the song "Tantan" is also based on her own feelings of "up and down" when singing this song. The accompaniment of the song includes traditional Chinese instruments such as the sheng, flute, violin and yangqin. It uses the lyrics of the gong and drum classic from Chinese opera and integrates various timbres from Peking Opera, such as the old Dan, old sheng, black head and flower Dan, with endless variations in an extremely fast rhythm. This song won the "Listen to World Music" performance Award held in Europe in 2009 .

Network dissemination In October 2010, a video of this song at the 2010 Beijing Spring Festival Concert was uploaded online by netizens. The lyriceless Yiya singing and the exaggerated and funny expressions of Gong Linna during her performance in the video have been highly praised by netizens. Many netizens tried to imitate them but failed easily, and they were called "unable to learn even after listening ten thousand times". "Tantan" originally had no lyrics. Some netizens made a transliterated video with subtitles based on the homophonic sound. In the video of the Spring Festival concert, the exaggerated and funny actions and expressions of Gong Linna and the actors playing the sheng and the flute were described by netizens as "very impressive". Hong Kong actor Louis Chapman To imitated Gong Linna's actions in this Spring Festival concert in a rather comical way on the show . On October 17, singer Faye Wong stated on Sina Weibo that this song had aroused her "desire to cover it". On October 18, it was said again, "I'm so nervous that I lost my eyes but couldn't find them. Let's just pass by them." At the 2011 Beijing Television Online Spring Festival Gala, Gong Linna sang "Tantan" together with 100 fellow singers, proving that the song had gained recognition beyond netizens. Even some netizens have created a Hatsune Miku version of "Tantan"

Basketball association ban On January 26, 2011, the Chinese Basketball Association issued a notice, clearly requiring the DJS of the home teams in each competition area to stop using "Tantan" as background music, and stated that if such violations are found again in the future, strict penalties will be imposed. In its notice, the Chinese Basketball Association defined "Tantan" as "harsh music". Since "Tantan" became popular on the Internet, many CBA teams have played it in the stadium, using its strange rhythm to influence the visiting teams' shooting. In response, Gong Linna stated that "Tantan" is a "very attractive good song".

My understanding of this statement from the Chinese Basketball Association is as follows: Every popular song has a certain degree of familiarity. If these players are listening to this song for the first time, they might be attracted by the rhythm of the music, which could lead to their attention not being fully focused on the court. This precisely indicates that "Tantan" is a very attractive and good song.

References

External links The version of "Tanten" by Gong Linna for the Spring Festival ConcertArchived 2014-08-18 at the Wayback Machine Another version of "Tanten"Archived 2019-10-21 at the Wayback Machine

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tantan (song)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tantan (song) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tantan (song) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tantan (song) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tantan (song)

In research: Tantan (song) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tantan (song) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tantan (song) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2006 in China, 2006 songs, Chinese folk songs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tantan (song) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

How to study Tantan (song) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tantan (song) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Tantan (song) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Tantan (song) in simple terms?

Tantan is a lyric humming song included in Gong Linna's 2006 album "Thoughts on a Silent Night". The entire song has no lyrics.

Why does Tantan (song) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tantan (song)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tantan (song).