Mode 4 of G# Harmonic Minor Scale

C# Dorian #4

Space plays and stops
Notes
C#D#EF##G#A#B
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.

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