Why can't I sync music to my ipod without deleting the music already on my ipod

I have music to sync to my ipod but when I go to the music tab of itunes it no longer gives the list of artists that I want to upload to my ipod. The only way I could possibly upload the music I want is by choosing to sync all music but that would require me to delete all of the music on my ipod and replaced with the music in my library. Unfortunately I do not have all the music from mt ipod in my library

oes it finish syncing but not syn some songs? If so have yu looked at:
Some songs in iTunes won't copy to iPod

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