MUS 3C

About this course

Continuation of concepts from MUS 3B, including guided analysis and composition using beginning chromatic harmony, secondary dominants and leading tone chords, modulation, borrowed chords, the Neapolitan sixth chord, and all forms of the augmented sixth chord. Musicianship skills to include melodic dictation in major and minor keys with triplets, syncopation, and pivot chord modulations, rhythmic dictation in simple and compound meters with syncopation and triplets, aural identification of four part harmonic progressions that use secondary dominants and pivot chord modulation, sight-singing melodies that modulate.

No section is scheduled at Foothill College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The Foothill catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “Advisory: MUS 3B proficiency or equivalent.”

Transfer pathways that use MUS 3C

ASSIST maps MUS 3C to a requirement in 38 published pathways from Foothill College — 24 shown.

• Leadership StudiesFoothill → Humboldt State
• GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Visual Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Performance Studies EmphasisFoothill → UC Merced
• GLOBAL ARTS STUDIESFoothill → UC Merced
• Bachelor of Science Major in Mathematics with Departmental HonorsFoothill → University of the Pacific
• Music Performance: StringsFoothill → University of Redlands
• Music Performance: KeyboardFoothill → University of Redlands
• MusicFoothill → University of Redlands
• Music Performance: Wind or PercussionFoothill → University of Redlands
• Music: CompositionFoothill → University of Redlands
• Music Performance: VoiceFoothill → University of Redlands
• Music: EducationFoothill → University of Redlands
• Music Performance: GuitarFoothill → University of Redlands
• Liberal Studies B.A. Elementary Teaching Content Preparation ProgramFoothill → CSU Stanislaus
• CSU General EducationFoothill → CSU Stanislaus
• Music (B.M)Foothill → CSU Fresno
• Music- Music as a Liberal Art Option (B.A.)Foothill → CSU Fresno
• MusicFoothill → San Jose State
• Music, Concentration in PerformanceFoothill → San Jose State
• Music, Concentration in CompositionFoothill → San Jose State
• Music, Concentration in Music EducationFoothill → San Jose State
• Music, Concentration in Jazz StudiesFoothill → San Jose State
• Environmental Economics and PolicyFoothill → UC Berkeley
• Microbial BiologyFoothill → UC Berkeley