Shuffling by Genre

I've about half of my CD library on my 80G unit. Right now the drive holds what I'll call "pop" music- i.e., everything except classical. I love to shuffle this collection when I'm running or on a long walk. Soon I will be loading my classical collection on to the rest of the IPod. I have many ways that I can enjoy the classical content on the Ipod but I really don't want to shuffle classical music, and I really can't imagine running to classical music. Is there a scheme, strategy or software that would allow me to shuffle my non classical music only, while ignoring the classical content on the Ipod?

In the settings menu, make sure that shuffle is set to "songs". Then select any genre, then press play (not select). The songs within that genre will be shuffled.

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