Both the iPod and iTunes can shuffle your music, choose Shuffle Songs on the iPod and it will randomly source your playlist, you can also use the iTunes’ Shuffle option or Party Shuffle feature for casual home listening at random. If you prefer using the shuffle feature, there are some tracks you definitely don’t want randomly playing in the middle of a listening session or things like spoken word tracks, but also perhaps certain types of music that would not enhance the mood you are trying to create. Most classical music does not lend itself to listening this way; do you really want to hear a random movement of Ludwig van Beethoven after a Beatles song?

You can prevent certain kinds of tracks from popping up by setting the Skip feature When Shuffling tag. Select Skip When Shuffling in the Options tab of the Info window for single tracks, or select Yes from the Skip When Shuffling menu in the Multiple Item Information window. This keeps iTunes or the iPod from playing certain tracks when they’re doing a full shuffle, but it also has other effects. Tracks with this tag won’t play in any of the playlist you’ve set to shuffle. They also won’t load on an iPod shuffle with Autofill (though you can add them manually). To listen to these tracks on an iPod shuffle, you need to set the device to play them in order; otherwise, none of them will play on the iPod shuffle.

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