How to separate music on a single computer

Hello,
I have a mess on my music library and I would like to separate my music from my daughter's music since we have totally different taste when it comes to music. How can I accomplish this on a single computer?
Thank you.

anghar13 wrote:
TX for the help!!!
You are welcome!
...... now the question that I have is:
When I connect her iPhone to iTunes to back up or update, I guess I have to open iTunes holding the option key and choose her libray, so the music she has purchased previously on iTunes Store goes directly to her libray, is that correct?
In a few words, everytime that I am going to do something to her iPhone through iTunes, I have to choose her library, correct?
Thank you.
Yes, make sure you hold the Option key and open to the library that you intend to use.
If that gets to be too much of a chore (and if both of you are actively using iTunes, it quickly will ), you can always switch to the separate user accounts approach. Then the right library will open for the corresponding account.

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