Identifying tracks that are not in the iTunes Music Library

I've got about 12,000 songs in my iTunes Music Library. Suppose I want to remove some of them, say 2,000 of them, and keep the files. The files will then remain on my computer but not show up in iTunes.
Is there a utility that will display tracks that are in the iTunes Music folder but are not in the music library? I am sure I will not be able to keep track of which 2,000 tracks I took out of the library. Which means I could forget forever that I even have the music. I thought I saw a reference to a way to do this but I have not been able to figure it out.
Thanks.

I've got about 12,000 songs in my iTunes Music Library. Suppose I want to remove some of them, say 2,000 of them, and keep the files.
I would create a new folder and drag these songs from iTunes to this folder then delete them from iTunes and click Yes when it asks to delete from library and delete form hard drive.Delete

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I've run into a similar issue lately as well. I narrowed it down to one song that was causing 30 songs not to sync. I removed the song from the sync list (unchecked it) and all 29 songs were able to sync.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
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