Music plays - Music doesn't play ?

iTunes 10 library on external HD, wireless, OS 10.6.4,
I have AirTunes working and listen to music on my external speakers. Sometimes the music moves to the next song in a list and plays but no sound. If I double click the song it starts over and plays with sound. I might get 3-4 tunes and it will do it again.
Any ideas on what's happening and how to fix it so my music can play ALL the time?
I've done restarts of the modem, Airports and computer. I've repaired preferences and turned off Bluetooth but I rarely get more than 3-4 songs to play before all goes silent yet the song advances as if playing. Never ending issue.
Thanks - Roger

Question. When I plug in my headphones, the music plays. But when I try to play it without headphones, it doesn't really play. Sometimes it doesn't play at all. Other times, it won't play the first 20 seconds and then only plays five seconds. The songs are downloaded not streaming thru google play. How do I fix this? I've only had the phone 1 month.

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Music plays but doesn't play

Hey there
I’d be happy to help with this music playback issue! Can you please answer the following so we can best assist?
Device make/model?
Which music app are you using for playback?
What do you have to do to get the track to play?
Does plugging in headphones result in the track playing immediately?
Thanks,
Charise

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- Try a reset. It cvures many ills.
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