Setting up iCloud

   I never joined iCloud because I never wanted to change my Apple ID when I found out that you had to change your username to an e-mail address for iClould. If I created an iClould ID with my e-mail address to join iClould would I still be able to sign in with my existing (username & password) to get into iTunes store or would I have to rechange that also. The name I use to sign into ITunes store is still just a username and not an e-mail address and I want to keep that one for the iTunes store. I understand you can keep one ID to sign into iCloud and use another ID to sign into iTunes.
   So question is if I have to create my e-mail address to use IClould can I still use my existing non-email username & password to sign into iTunes store or would I have to change both? I want to keep the iTunes ID I have now but not at the expense of having to change both IDs just for iCloud.
   Thanks for your response!

   So nothing would be added to my iTunes username only (without an e-mail address) it would stay the same as it is now. I know you have to have an e-mail address for iCloud. Does it have to be an iCloud e-mail address. For instance my e-mail address I use now is gmail.com.
   So you mean I will still be using the same username only for iTunes or it's going to add iCloud.com at the end of my iTunes username? Hope this explains better.
   In other words are there going to be any changes at all if I just use a username to sign into my iTunes account? I don't want to use the same ID for iCloud that I use for iTunes. Sorry for that dumb misspelling of iCloud.
   Am I going to have to change my username also for both accounts or can I keep the same existing username (without the icloud.com) e-mail address at the end for iTunes or even if I can still use my existing username without an e-mail address at the end will it add icloud.com to the iTunes one.
  Can it leave my existing iTunes username & password the same without any modification even though you have to have the e-mail address for the iCloud account?
  Reason I'm asking this is one time I had a 6 digit password for my iTunes account (all letters) and I had to go into iTunes store and change my e-mail address because I got a new e-mail address and after changing to my new e-mail address in iTunes it then (forced me to use an 8 digit password with one capital letter and one number) which was a pain in the butt, especially when you have to type that into an iPod. It was much hard because my original password was just 6 letters but after going into iTunes store and changing my e-mail address it the forced my to use 8 characters and have to use 1 capital letter and one number.

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