Mode 3 of Harmonic Minor Scale

Ionian #5

Space plays and stops
Notes
EbFGAbBCD
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.