Transfer music library to my laptop??

I just purchased a new MacBook. I have a large iTunes library on my iMacG5 desktop. I want to transfer some of my library to my MacBook. I connected them using an ethernet cable and enabled file sharing on both computers. I still cannot seen to transfer songs. Please help.
thank you

Start on your iMAC G5
create a folder e.g. "transfer" that can be accessed from both Macs
Launch iTunes on your iMac
Create a playlist that contains all songs you want to tansfer to your MacBook
fill that playlist
select all those tracks on that playlist by pressing Command-A
drag the selected songs to that mentioned folder "transfer"
all tracks should be copied to that folder "transfer"
Switch to your MacBook
launch iTunes
drag that folder "transfer" onto "Library" in iTunes left column
again all tracks will be copied
finally delete "transfer"

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