I downloaded a ringtone, but it is stored in songs.  Can I move it to ringtones to set as default?

I downloaded a ringtone, but it is stored in songs.  Can I move it to ringtones to set as default?

I don't know what happened that the ringtone didn't go in the proper directory, but a ringtone is simply a short song. The distinguishing characteristics of a ringtone are that they are short (<30 seconds), AAC-formated music, with a file-suffix '.m4r'. If the ringtone's filename ends with '.m4a' or '.mp4', then that's probably why it went into the wrong folder (though, if you bought the ringtone in iTunes, that shouldn't happen). Anyway, the fix is simple.
Plug in your phone and start iTunes.
Drag the ringtone to the from iTunes to the Desktop.
If you can't see the file extension, show it (on Windows you need to change the view settings, on a Mac you select the file and do Get Info on it and uncheck the 'Hide Extension' box in the file info panel).
Change the file extension to '.m4r'.
Drag the file back into iTunes (onto the phone icon in the sidebar).
That's it.
Incidentally, there's nothing special about the ringtone format. You can capture sound, or edit tracks in GarageBand or QuickTime, save them as MP4 audio, and alter the file suffix and you have yourself a ringtone.

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