Mode 3 of Db Harmonic Minor Scale

Fb Ionian #5

Space plays and stops
Notes
FbGbAbACDbEb
Steps
W W H m3 H W
Intervals
2 2 m2 m3 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.

Fb Ionian #5 is the 3rd mode of the Db Harmonic Minor Scale: its notes, Db Eb Fb Gb Ab A C, played from Fb.