Which music folder should I move? And where should I put it?

Hey, this is my first post on here. I'm currently on a windows laptop and I have my first macbook coming tomorrow. I've been sorting through all of my files to get ready for moving, but I'm not sure what to do with my music files.
In my "Music" folder on Windows, I have my own 'Music' folder which contains all the files of the songs i've imported and downloaded; and then there's my 'iTunes Library' folder, which has copies of all of thise songs because I have iTunes. So my first question is which of these folders do i move?
Secondly, where do I put the folders/music on my macbook? Do I paste it all into the "Music" folder, or do I open up iTunes and paste it all directly into there? If I put it all in the Music folder will it automatically go into iTunes? Or will I then have to import it all myself?
I think they're quite simple questions, I'm just not sure what way to go about it so that everything is organised and where it should be.
Thanks in advance for any answers **

Thankyou for the quick reply, but I do not wish to move my iTunes library and keep all of it's settings, ratings, playlists etc. In fact, my iTunes library on my Windows laptop is a mess, it's very unorganised and many songs are named wrong with incorrect artwork. I want to start over with my iTunes library on the macbook, but I'm just not sure which folder I move or where I put it, to be able to start the process.
In my own "Music" folder on this laptop, I have folders named as the artists. Inside each of the artists folders I have folders named as their albums, and then inside that folder the songs are named as "01 -song name-" "02 -song name-" and so on. Inside my "iTunes library" folder, the songs are all over the place and in quite a mess. I'd think that moving the "music" folder would be the better option as it's better organised; but would that mean my music will be named in iTunes as "01 -song name-" "02 -song name-" and so on, without having the names of the artists or albums filled in?
I realise I'm making this sound quite complicated. But I do not want to move my iTunes library. I'm just unsure of which of the two folders I should move to where, in order to start my library over on the macbook.

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