Itunes wont sync music to my devices

once again iTunes seems to stop syncing music to my devices. they show up iTunes under the device's music library with dotted circles in front of them like they need to be downloaded. this is true with my iPhone 6, my iPod (an iPhone 4s) and my iPad air . what gives?

Ctrl + B puts the top menu in place.
View > Show Sidebar the devices when connected appear in the left hand window.
Select your device and on the right hand side selecth the music page option. Tick Sync Music and then either sync it all if you have space or sync selected playlists etc.
Select the Artists, Playlist, Albums Genre's you want and click apply bottom right

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