Songs on iPhone do not appear in iTunes

I just got a new Macbook and am trying to transfer my songs and apps to the new computer from my old pc. The only way to do this is by copying and pasting your iTunes file under My Music in Windows to the new computer in the appropriate location.
The problem is that the iTunes file in question that I want to copy to transfer my music hardly has any of my songs that show up on my iPhone. This means that if I connect my iPhone to the new computer with the copied iTunes file, it will wipe all my songs that don't appear in iTunes, which is a lot.
So where are all my songs?? I have some 276 songs on my iPhone, but not even half of those show up on iTunes. Where are these files, and how can I access them to put them into iTunes?
Thanks

If there is content on the device that is not on iTunes on the computer, transfer it from the device first.
With the device connected, select File > Transfer purchases
Then copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from the old computer to the new computer.

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