https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/03/05/how-to-free-up-your-macs-internal-storage-by-moving-your-itunes-library-to-an-external-drive
After upgrading to Catalina, the iTunes is gone and Music app has come.
Launch Music. File > Import the old iTunes library stored in a folder in external hard drive, by selecting "iTunes Music" or "iTunes" folder.
Now follow the guide lines of saving the music library in external drive, though it is a little different since it is now Catalina.
File > Library > Organize Library > Consolidate the Music library.
Check the folder path of the library in Preference > File. It is /Users/soh/Music/Music/Media
Exit Music. Make a folder MusicLibrary in the external drive. Copy /Users/soh/Music/Music/Media to folder /MusicLibrary/ in the external drive.
Launch Music. Preferences > File > Change > select /MusicLibrary/Media in external drive The path is now /Volumes/archive/MusicLibrary/Media Check the Songs list. Exit Music.
Remove /Users/soh/Music/Music/Media Launch Music. Check the Songs list.
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