Sound Character: Maintaining the sweetness and flexibility of the Dorian mode, the addition of the augmented fourth makes it more modern and tense, opening up new chromatic possibilities.
Typical Chord: m7♯11
Modal Context: Very useful in jazz and fusion for improvising on minor chords with brilliant extensions. The sound is suspended between ancient and contemporary.
Harmonic Use: Used to color minor vamps with an augmented fourth or as a passing scale in improvisations on min7♯11 chords.
