Trying to transfer songs from MacBook Pro to iMac

I'm trying to transfer songs from my MacBook Pro to my new iMac. I want to just copy and transfer the songs to the iMac. What is the easiest and fastest way to do this process? The thing is I still want to be able to play the songs still in my MBP and is it possible to sync to both iMac and MBP?

akl8806,
If you have a 6-pin male-to-male Firewire cable the easiest way is target disk mode.
Start up your MBP holding down the "T" key until you see the firewire logo.
Connect the Firewire cable to the MBP and then the iMac.
The MBP will show up as a external hard drive on the iMac. Go to MBP's Drive/Users/Your username/Music/
Copy the iTunes Library to the same place on your iMac's drive.
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.

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