More songs on phone than computer

Hello,
I have about 500 songs on my iPhone that aren't on my computer. If I activate iTunes Match, will this allow me to upload the extra songs from my phone to the Cloud so I can listen to them on my other devices? Or will iTunes match replace the content on my phone with the songs stored from my computer only? I don't want to lose these songs!
Thank you.

iTunes Match does not scan the music library on an iOS device. Those songs will be removed from the device when iTM is enabled.

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