ITunes won't transfer certain songs from iPhone

I recently got a new desktop computer and downloaded iTunes. I synced my iPhone all up and then realized only about 600/800 of my songs were actually imported to my iTunes library before I checked "Sync Music" on my iPhone through iTunes. So I manually selected "Transfer purchases" but all it did was download all the iTunes-purchased songs, rather than all of my songs from my iPhone to iTunes library. I realized that most (if not all) of the songs that hadn't been transferred to my iTunes were externally purchased items (songs from CDs or direct files from my computer). I can't find any posts or articles on how to fix this, but there must be a way to accomplish this. It really shouldn't be necessary to re-download and import 200+ songs into my library from CDs and files (which would involve finding out and going through each and every song that hadn't transferred to iTunes from my phone) when they should already be there. If I check sync music, that means iTunes will erase all the songs on my phone and replace them with the ones in the iTunes library (which I also hate). iTunes should transfer all files when you sync your iPhone because that is the exact purpose of iTunes, not just manage Apple-bought items specifically. I really want to fix this ASAP so my phone can be synced up. Thanks.

Here are the options for getting non-purchased music into iTunes on a new computer:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
Cheers,
GB

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