diff --git a/music21/scale/intervalNetwork.py b/music21/scale/intervalNetwork.py
index d7e97b2ad..ee2ee0ef3 100644
--- a/music21/scale/intervalNetwork.py
+++ b/music21/scale/intervalNetwork.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Authors:      Christopher Ariza
 #               Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert
 #
-# Copyright:    Copyright © 2010-2023 Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert
+# Copyright:    Copyright © 2010-2026 Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert
 # License:      BSD, see license.txt
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 '''
@@ -1739,16 +1739,16 @@ def realizeDescending(
         while True:
             appendPitch = False
             if (minPitchObj is not None
-                    and _gte(p.ps, minPitchObj.ps)
+                    and _gte(pCollect.ps, minPitchObj.ps)
                     and maxPitchObj is not None
-                    and _lte(p.ps, maxPitchObj.ps)):
+                    and _lte(pCollect.ps, maxPitchObj.ps)):
                 appendPitch = True
             elif (minPitchObj is not None
-                  and _gte(p.ps, minPitchObj.ps)
+                  and _gte(pCollect.ps, minPitchObj.ps)
                   and maxPitchObj is None):
                 appendPitch = True
             elif (maxPitchObj is not None
-                  and _lte(p.ps, maxPitchObj.ps)
+                  and _lte(pCollect.ps, maxPitchObj.ps)
                   and minPitchObj is None):
                 appendPitch = True
             elif minPitchObj is None and maxPitchObj is None:
diff --git a/music21/scale/test_scale_main.py b/music21/scale/test_scale_main.py
index ded1bd6d9..457801de2 100644
--- a/music21/scale/test_scale_main.py
+++ b/music21/scale/test_scale_main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Authors:      Christopher Ariza
 #               Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert
 #
-# Copyright:    Copyright © 2010-2024 Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert
+# Copyright:    Copyright © 2010-2026 Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert
 # License:      BSD, see license.txt
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ def testCyclicalScales(self):
         sc2 = scale.CyclicalScale()
         self.assertEqual(self.pitchOut(sc2.getPitches()), '[C4, D-4]')
 
+    def testHarmonicMinorDescendingRange(self):
+        sc = scale.HarmonicMinorScale('c4')
+        descending = sc.getPitches('b2', 'e3', direction=Direction.DESCENDING)
+        self.assertEqual(self.pitchOut(descending), '[E-3, D3, C3, B2]')
+
+        sc = scale.HarmonicMinorScale('b-3')
+        descending = sc.getPitches('c#4', 'g#4', direction=Direction.DESCENDING)
+        self.assertEqual(self.pitchOut(descending), '[G-4, F4, E-4, D-4]')
+
     def testDeriveByDegree(self):
         sc1 = scale.MajorScale()
         self.assertEqual(str(sc1.deriveByDegree(7, 'G#')),