How can I copy only some music to an external drive to free up space on my lenovo laptop?

I have a lenovo laptop and almost ne space left on my computer. How do move the library to an external drive?
As a separate question, there are several folders labelled "old I tunes library"  What are these?

In one line you say "some music" but then you ask about moving the library which is a big single parcel.  Moving the whole library is easy.  Moving just some media is not so easy and can cause complications in the future unless you are really familiar with how iTunes operates.
To move the whole library you copy your iTunes folder and everything it contains to the other drive.  Start iTunes while holding down the shift key, then guide it to the library location on the external.
To move just some things is more complicated and I am not sure of the best method with new iTunes versions (I run an old one), nor of the key combinations on a PC. You posted in the iTunes for Mac forum and I'll request this be moved to iTunes for Windows.

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