What is best possible set-up to provide music less...

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What is the best possible setup (skype, internet, any other parameters) for music lessons by Skype on a Mac? We are currently doing this but would like to improve the experience as there is a time lag (teacher and student cannot play simultaneously, sometimes audio and video don't match exactly), sometimes there are problems with audio and/or video quality and on rare occasions the connection is dropped. Are these issues to do with our internet service provider or is there someway we can change Skype parameters to improve lesson quality? We currently have 5Mbps internet service (which is more or less reliable), and the lessons are done near the Wifi router (doesn't seem to make a difference if we use ethernet cable or Wifi). Is there anything we can do to improve things?
Thanks in advance,
Music Lover
Subject/title expanded from "music lessons" to better reflect post content.

I am in a similar situation and have similar questions.
Some of my "friends in the know" that perhaps Skype is optimized for voice, so transmitting musical audio might not work as well. I have a 3Mbs speed and am having similar problems to what you describe.
Wish I could be of further help but hope my post prods others to chime in.

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