Mode 7 of Harmonic Minor Scale

Altered Diminished

Space plays and stops
Notes
BCDEbFGAb
Steps
H W H W W H
Intervals
m2 2 m2 2 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.

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