Using 8Gb iPod with 20Gb iTunes Lib

At present my library runs to some 20Gb. I have been offered an 8Gb iPod Nano.
Is there any way I can move part of my library to the iPod? For example on Trip 1, I might want to take all my rock music - say 6Gb. For Trip 2 I might want to take the Classiscal stuff - say 4Gb. Since both won't fit on the iPod at the same time, is there any (simple) way I can keep swapping them round?

You could use the option to Sync Music - Selected Playlists. Syncing selected playlists is just like syncing your whole library only on a smaller scale and more "selectively". When your iPod is is set to sync selected playlists it automatically picks up any changes you made to that playlist in iTunes since you last connected. Anything you added to the playlist will be added to the iPod, anything you deleted from it will be deleted from the iPod. In other words the iTunes playlist and the iPod are kept "in sync". You could have a Rock Playlist and a Classical playlist and switch your syncing from one to the other as required. For this and other options have a look at this page: Syncing Music to iPod

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