To upload music files to iCloud, must I purchase iTunes Match, or can I upload it to my original 5GB?

I've not yet used my iCloud (as I can't upload LibreOffice files to it), but was wanting to clear up space on the Macbook by uploading my music files to it. Do I need to purchase iTunes Match to do this, or will my original 5GB be enough? Thanks in advance.

Without iTunes match you can download previously purchased items whenever you want, they are not stored in iCloud, they are local. With iTunes Match you can download practically everything that is in iTunes, Match files are stored in the cloud but are not part of the storage (5G) in iCloud. You can delete iTunes Match files from the local machine and they will still be available to play.
This would be exactly the same if you did not have iCloud, they are not connected.

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