Mode 4 of Eb Harmonic Minor Scale

Ab Dorian #4

Space plays and stops
Notes
AbBbCbDEbFGb
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.

Ab Dorian #4 is the 4th mode of the Eb Harmonic Minor Scale: its notes, Eb F Gb Ab Bb Cb D, played from Ab.