Discrepancy between iTunes Library size and stored folder size

Hi
I'm looking around for ways to clear up my computer's hard drive, and typically it seems that my iLife libraries seem to be the bulk of it. The main problem is that iTunes claims that my iTunes Library size is some 21GB, when the size of the "iTunes Library" folder claims all the music accounts to 26GB. This doesn't include any content in the 'TV Shows' or 'Movies' folders.
The only thing I can think of is that not all of the music in my iTunes Music folder is in my iTunes Library... is there a simple way to check which ones aren't? Or is there another reason why there would be such a difference in the sizes?
Thanks in advance.

It may take some creative thinking rather than expertise to figure this one out.
Oh, and my girlfriend got herself a standard MacBook a month ago, which has possibly sown the seeds of envy since it has as much RAM and a faster processor than my PowerBook MacBook Pro-wise, let's see what MacWorld in 2 weeks brings
Then, it may be time to talk to the bank - or the finance people at Apple - about how best I can pretend I can afford one

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