Ingrata/o

Ingrata/o

Café Tacvba

Written by

Andrea Echeverri, Meme Del Real

Key:A minor
Duration:3:31

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Summary

Ingrata draws from the raw confrontational current that defined Latin alternative rock in the 1990s. The songwriting credit shared between Café Tacvba's Meme Del Real and Aterciopelados' Andrea Echeverri marks an intersection of two of the most inventive acts in rock en español. The track sits naturally alongside contemporaries like Caifanes and Jaguares while carrying the idiosyncratic edge Café Tacvba made their trademark.

rock en españolLatin alternativeMexican rockCafé Tacvba1990s alternative

Musical Analysis

Without verified transcription or tab data, the harmonic picture here is approximate. What can be said with confidence is that Ingrata operates within the natural minor vocabulary common to Café Tacvba's guitar-driven output — direct, grounded chords that serv…

Chords

Verse:Am - G - F - E
Chorus:Am - F - G - E
AmGFE

History

Ingrata carries a writing credit shared between Meme Del Real — the multi-instrumentalist and studio architect at the heart of Café Tacvba — and Andrea Echeverri, the singer and songwriter who built Aterciopelados into one of Colombia's defining alternative vo…

“The dual authorship of Meme Del Real and Andrea Echeverri represents one of the more notable cross-band songwriting pairings in the rock en español generation.”

Full Musical Analysis

Without verified transcription or tab data, the harmonic picture here is approximate. What can be said with confidence is that Ingrata operates within the natural minor vocabulary common to Café Tacvba's guitar-driven output — direct, grounded chords that serve the emotional urgency of the lyric rather than draw attention to themselves. The V chord (E major) functioning as a classical dominant in an otherwise diatonic minor setting is the main point of harmonic interest. Any additional voicings or chromatic movements remain unverified.

Ingrata carries a writing credit shared between Meme Del Real — the multi-instrumentalist and studio architect at the heart of Café Tacvba — and Andrea Echeverri, the singer and songwriter who built Aterciopelados into one of Colombia's defining alternative voices. The collaboration pulls together two acts that, despite occupying different corners of 1990s Latin alternative, shared a willingness to push against commercial rock conventions.

Ingrata draws from the raw confrontational current that defined Latin alternative rock in the 1990s. The songwriting credit shared between Café Tacvba's Meme Del Real and Aterciopelados' Andrea Echeverri marks an intersection of two of the most inventive acts in rock en español. The track sits naturally alongside contemporaries like Caifanes and Jaguares while carrying the idiosyncratic edge Café Tacvba made their trademark.

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Song DNA

Genre

Rock

Era

90s

Mood

Aggressive

Tempo

Mid-tempo

Key

Minor

Texture

Full Band

Sound

Guitar-driven

Feel

Straight

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Statistics

11K

Plays

3K

Listeners

1

Annotations

81%

Popularity

3:31

Duration

4/4

Time

Credits

Written by

Andrea EcheverriMeme Del Real

Featuring

Andrea Echeverri

Chord Sheet

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Chords Used

Am
G
F
E

Progression by Section

Chorus

Am
F
G
E

Verse

Am
G
F
E

Chord Diagrams

Am
G
F
E