Can we share non-purchased music?

I have painstakingly downloaded and categorized hundreds of our CD's in iTunes. I have always used an iPod, iPhone, Mac, iPad, etc. Now my husband has a brand new iPhone and he, too, would like to listen to our music. However everything I see about "Family Sharing" is about sharing purchased music. Can we share non-purchased music?

twohoundtrain wrote:
I have painstakingly downloaded and categorized hundreds of our CD's in iTunes. I have always used an iPod, iPhone, Mac, iPad, etc. Now my husband has a brand new iPhone and he, too, would like to listen to our music. However everything I see about "Family Sharing" is about sharing purchased music. Can we share non-purchased music?
Two Hound Train,
There are 5 ways to share music in a household.
Regular iTunes Sharing
Home Sharing
Family Sharing
Give the person copies of the song files to add to their library
Put all song files on a shared server (NAS)
For non-purchased music, any of these will work except Family Sharing.

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