Mode 5 of D# Harmonic Minor Scale

A# Phrygian Dominant

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Notes
A#BC##D#E#F#G#
Steps
H m3 H W H W
Intervals
m2 m3 m2 2 m2 2

The harmonic minor scale raises the 7th of the natural minor scale. Jazz players use it over a minor tonic, and its 5th mode, Phrygian Dominant, is the classic sound of the V7b9 in a minor key.

A# Phrygian Dominant is the 5th mode of the D# Harmonic Minor Scale: its notes, D# E# F# G# A# B C##, played from A#.

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