MP3 files not showing in iTunes on new iMac

Hi - I have recently purchased my first Mac computer.  I have copied over all of my music but it seems that all the MP3 files are not playing.  It's strange they show in my folder list of itunes and it lets me play them, but in the main itunes folder itself it shows the item with an ! (exclamation mark) saying file could not be found.  Any ideas greatly appreciated
Thanks

First, iTunes' default settings are for it to copy music to the iTunes folder structure when you add them (but leave the original in place, although it no longer refers to it), and for iTunes to manage your music for you in a very specific folder structure.
Second, the listing you see in iTunes is not generated by iTunes directly referring to your files.  It keeps a library database of the files you have added and in those listings it keeps all the information about that track, including its location on your drive. When you play a track, iTunes uses that listing to go find the media file and play it.
If you do any file renaming, manually deleting, or moving of files and folders, or anything to break that link between where iTunes' library thinks your file is and where it actually is (or was, if you deleted it), you get "!"
You say you are able to play them but iTunes cannot find them.  It would help to know how you are playing them if iTunes cannot find them.  Are you playing them in Quicktime?  Also, you say you see the files, but are they in the iTunes folder structure (assuming you use default settings), or are these the originals?

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