Copying MacBook Pro iTunes folder to Dropbox?

I use Dropbox Pro and so I have 1 TB of storage. Great! Since I can't sync my 128 GB iPhone 6 to iCloud anymore ( just too big ), I have been backing it up to individual MacBooks and iMacs ( 2 of each ). That got me thinking. Can I just drag the entire iTunes folder ( 46 GB's ) on my MacBook Pro (found under Users) to Dropbox? I don't want to make Dropbox the new home for iTunes, just keep a copy there for safe keeping. It seems so elementary to do but I'm wary that Dropbox might try to "grab it" and become the central repository, which I don't want.
Thanks.

As long as you don't change the iTunes Library location set in iTunes on the computers, there shouldn't be a problem.

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