If I delete songs directly from my iPhone, does it free up space?

I am going away to a concert for the weekend, and I will be recording lots of videos, but I also want to make sure I have plenty music with me for the journey. If I put loads of music onto my iPhone (about 7 gigs or so) and delete what I want as I go along, will that free up the same amount of space as if deleting them with itunes? And is it the same with apps and so on?
Thanks

Sure there is - for those that want to delete a song or songs from their iPhone for whatever the reason including freeing up storage space. Doing so should prevent the songs from being re-transferred from your iTunes library to your iPhone with the next sync.

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