Space plays and stops
- Notes
- ABC#DE#F#G#
- 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.
A Ionian #5 is the 3rd mode of the F# Harmonic Minor Scale: its notes, F# G# A B C# D E#, played from A.