Scale

E Harmonic Minor Scale

Space plays and stops
Notes
EF#GABCD#
Steps
W H W W H m3
Intervals
2 m2 2 2 m2 m3

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.

Its modes play the same notes from another degree: F# Locrian #6 from the 2nd, G Ionian #5 from the 3rd, A Dorian #4 from the 4th, B Phrygian Dominant from the 5th, C Lydian #2 from the 6th and D# Altered Diminished from the 7th.

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