Shuffling music excluding songs in a playlist

Is there any way to have songs in a playlist and not the main library? I have several songs that I only want to play when i pick them but the majority of the songs are in my library. I don't want the occasional songs to play with the majority songs. I dont want to add the majority of the songs to a playlist just to shuffle the songs, because that would take forever.

mchavez413 wrote:
Is there any way to have songs in a playlist and not the main library?
No.
But do not despair!
Option 1.
If you do not want a particular song to play when you are listening in Shuffle mode, set those songs to Skip when shuffling. In your iTunes Library, select the song in question and use the Get Info/Options tab to turn on Skip when shuffling;
For a single song...
Multiple Items (change the "No" to "Yes", obviously!)...
Then Sync these changes to the iPod. Note that the song will not play in shuffle mode in the Playlist either.
Option2.
Create a Regular Playlist for the songs you do not want to play when shuffling your music. As an example, I'm going to name mine Forum Playlist.
Create a Smart Playlist that looks as follows (the text in the blue header is my Playlist's name):
You have now added the majority of your songs to a Playlist that you can use to shuffle songs, but without hearing the songs you don't want. And it didn't take forever. You can also play the Forum Playlist in shuffle mode, since this method did not involve setting those songs to Skip when shuffling.
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