Entire music library not found

My entire music library in iTunes says that it cannot be located. I tried to create a playlist and it says I cant do it bc the song is not found. Now all of my music cannot be located. I haven't done anything to my library, it just happened all of the sudden.
Can somebody please help?
Thanks

do you keep your iTunes folder on your startup disk or on an external HD ?
if the former, launch iTunes with the option key pressed and, when prompted, click on +choose library+. now navigate to the +iTunes library file+ inside your iTunes folder.
if the latter, is your entire iTunes folder on the external or just the iTunes music folder ?
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