Yahoo! Music Tutorials

Working With Playlists

Getting Started With Playlists Creating a Playlist From Now Playing Creating Similar Playlists Other Ways to Create Playlists

Getting Started With Playlists

A playlist is a list of songs that you can use in many ways to manage your music with the Yahoo! Music Jukebox. Playlists organize sets of related music together, but they're much more than that. You also use playlists to copy files to portable devices or to burn your own CDs. You can even share your playlists with the entire Yahoo! Music community.

The Playlists item includes several playlists.

Your playlists can include songs from Yahoo! Music Unlimited, as well as songs you've added to the Yahoo! Music Jukebox from other sources. If you like a particular artist or song from Yahoo! Music Unlimited, you can generate a similar playlist, which is a list of songs or artists that you might also like. Any playlists that you create appear in the Yahoo! Music Jukebox's left navigation pane under Playlists.

You can access your playlists on any computer connected to the Internet that has the Yahoo! Music Jukebox loaded. Simply log in with your Yahoo! ID, and you'll see your own playlists!

It's easy to get started building and enjoying Yahoo! Music Jukebox playlists.

 

Here’s How

  1. A simple way to create a new playlist is to right-click Playlists in the left navigation pane, then select New Playlist.

    Select New Playlist from the Playlists right-click menu.

    The new playlist appears under Playlists, ready for you to rename.

    A new playlist ready to be renamed.

  2. Type a name for the new playlist, then press the Enter key.

    Enter a name for the new playlist.

    The newly named playlist is now listed in the left navigation pane.

    The newly named playlist appears in the left navigation pane.

  3. There are lots of ways to add tracks to a playlist once you've created it. One of the simplest ways is to drag the name of a song displayed in the Yahoo! Music Jukebox's center pane onto the name of the playlist. This could be any song listed in My Music or in Yahoo! Music Unlimited.

    Drag a song from My Music to a playlist.

    You can also drag multiple songs at once, as well as albums, artists, and even genres, to an existing playlist.

    Drag an album displayed in My Music to the playlist in the left navigation pane.Enlarge

  4. Select the name of a playlist in the left pane to see its details, including the songs that it contains, in the center pane.

    Viewing a playlist's details, including the list of tracks that it contains.Enlarge

  5. Rearrange the tracks in a playlist by selecting and dragging them into the order you want.

    Drag tracks up or down in a playlist to rearrange them.

  6. At the top of the playlist view, you can optionally add a description to your playlist. Click the Save button when you're done entering the text.

    Add an optional description to your playlist.

  7. Play the music in your playlist anytime in any of the following ways:

    • Double-click the name of the playlist in the left navigation pane.

    • Right-click the name of the playlist in the left navigation pane, then select Play.

      Select Play from a playlist's right-click menu.

    • With the playlist displayed in the center pane, click the Play Playlist button near the top of the display.

      Click the Play Playlist button.

      Use the 5-Band equalizer (located to the right of the song playing) to enhance your listening pleasure.

      Use the 5-band equalizer to adjust music levels.

      Tip: Yahoo! Music Jukebox Plus includes other options to increase your listening pleasure. For more information, see the Yahoo! Music Jukebox Plus Help.

 

What’s Next

With any of your playlists, you can add, remove, and rearrange tracks whenever you want. You can also delete or rename a playlist by right-clicking the playlist name and selecting the appropriate action from the menu.

Select Delete Playlist from a playlist's right-click menu.

The rest of this tutorial explores other ways to create playlists:

To learn about ways to use your great playlists, see these tutorials:

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Words to Know

  • Genre: a category of artistic composition marked by a distinctive style, form, or content, such as rock, classical, or jazz.
  • My Music: your personal music collection in the Yahoo! Music Jukebox, where music that you’ve imported, downloaded, or bookmarked is stored.
  • Similar playlist: a playlist generated for you, based on a particular artist or song that you like.
  • Yahoo! Music Unlimited: a collection of more than two million songs, available by subscription and for purchase through the Yahoo! Music Jukebox.