Mode 4 of E Harmonic Minor Scale

A Dorian #4

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

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 Dorian #4 is the 4th mode of the E Harmonic Minor Scale: its notes, E F# G A B C D#, played from A.