How to copy only part of the music media folder and library to another Mac

Dear friends,
I run iTunes in Mac OS. The iTunes music media folder is now located in an external HD because it´s quite large (2T). The problem is that I´got a second Mac and I´d like to copy -in this second Mac, only part of my music using only its internal  HD (300 Mb) . How can I do this copy while preserving art and play-lists?
Thanks in advance

tcynk00 wrote:
how I can transfer only selected pieces of music (all library will not fit anyway)
that's what playlists are for.
and how to maintain transfer process in future when I want to change the music on my nano.
add/delete track to/from the playlist you sync to your device.
JGG

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