Move or share music with new MacBook

Currently my wife and I both use the same iMac and synch our i Phones/Pods etc on this same machine.
I'm planning to get her a MacBook which she would then use to synch her iPhone.  However, how can I make sure that all the music etc she has on her IPhone will then also be available on the new MacBook, and would she then also be able to add music from the library on the iMac?
We have a home network with a network hard drive, which is currently used only as a time machine volume.  Is there a way this culd be used to share the music, for example?

if you copy the entire iTunes folder (not just the iTunes music or media folder) to the her new MacBook, her iPhone will think it is syncing with the usual library.
you can then use home sharing to keep your libraries in sync.
alternatively, copy the current iTunes folder to the network drive and, on each Mac, launch iTunes while holding the option (⌥) key. click on choose library when prompted and select the iTunes folder on the network drive.
with this setup, newly added content will be available to both machines immediately however only one Mac at a time can access the library.

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