Essential Elements Interactive Hack 2.1.4 + Redeem Codes

I literally just downloaded the app to help me by playing some songs in my book. Apparently it worked really way for the first day. There were no bugs or crashes like everyone was talking about. Now it’s not even working. I tried to get back on but my screen is just plain white the next day. There’s actually so many bugs in this app so now I can’t even get back on. It seriously needs an update. Now I know what everyone is talking about. There are other people that need help understanding music and learning about it. So please consider making this better.

As a public high school strings teacher, I really want to like and use this app, but as it stands now I just can't and don't. The last update to it was almost two years ago, back when iOS 8.3 was out. As of this writing, we're at iOS 10.2, and as the others have mentioned, there are stability issues. All my students have school-issued iPads, and this app crashes at startup on an unacceptably large percentage of their devices. When trying to register, the app also more likely than not didn't recognize their book codes, and they all had to resort to entering their ISBN numbers instead (which added to the hassle of trying to get everyone set up). The recent updates to the Essential Elements Interactive website (like the All-Music option for recording music not found in the books, and the other updates to the assignments tab) haven't been rolled over into this app yet, which is truly a shame because they could really help me out with playing quizzes and other assessments (not all my students have access to a private internet-connected computer at home with a mic.)

The sound from this app will not connect to my Bluetooth. It will only allow the sound to come out of my phone. All other apps are playing through my Bluetooth, so I know this is not a problem with my devices.

My Bluetooth devices allow me to hear things much better. It is less than ideal to have the sound only go through the phone.

Also, it is frustrating that everytime I play a new song, I have to readjust the app to play the melody. The app automatically goes to "metronome" for each new song. I already own a metronome; it is not helpful for the app to play the metronome. It is more helpful to hear the melody, especially on a fretless, stringed instrument where one is trying to train one's ears. Can you please allow us to change the default of our practice settings? I think it would be far more helpful if I could just play the next song in a functional way without having to change the settings each time.

Lastly, it would be great if there was a "next" button so that students could easily move on to practice the next song without having to scroll down each time.

Sometimes I feel I spend more time fighting with the app than I get to spend playing my instrument. I think this could be designed to be more seamless.

The app basically opens up a webpage on your phone which then tells you that you can download the app from the App Store. You have to login each time use it, even when you ask it to remember you. If your phone screen locks out you have to force close the app and start it back up and start considering that the book was E book is $10. you would help the app would perform a like an app and less like an out of date webpage. All the features are really cool and I love the practice log and ability to record your practice. However this app is very desperate for an update. Might have to use a laptop to get real use out of it. as other people have said it’s better than nothing but, I expect more from this company given their long history in music education.

I downloaded this app in hope to learn an instrument. The only thing I got out of it is stress. I hate the feature having to log in each time you close the app window and I hate the fact that it doesn’t have individual login so I have to make an account all over again. Highly disapprove of that feature. I own a book and when I realized that I couldn’t use the same book twice and I couldn’t log in to my account that was a huge turning point for me (and not a good one) I do not recommend using this app I suggest you go out spend at max $20 bucks and just buy a book. It is a lot faster process and is a way better way to use the Essential Elements InterActive curriculum. ☹️😡👎🏽🙅🏻

I have been enjoying the Essential Elements books as I learn cello as an adult beginner. I was excited to try the app, but have constant issues. The interface feels dated and is not easy to navigate. At times, trying to select musical accompaniment results in just a metronome or nothing at all. The app crashes frequently. After activating Book 2, I am unable to go back to Book 1 to play exercises. I've tried this on both iPad and iPhone. At least with iPad, the sheet music is here in case I forget my book, but both devices are not enjoyable to use. I don't even want to practice because of this which is a shame because having the musical accompaniment to practice intonation with is something I was really looking forward to. Please work to make this app more stable and reliable.

I switched to another method a couple of years ago just because I had used EE for so long. I came back because of EEi and couldn’t be happier. Now that I tried other method books and have come back, I realize that EE just works. The new interactive program makes it really connect with the kids and this app works extremely well. My kids can use this app to practice, watch videos, and record themselves. The recording part has been really helpful - especially for my brass players. I can see major improvement in their performance. Great App!!!

Every time I close out of the app I have to log back in which is annoying. And while playing along with the melody, my phone screen will go dark from being inactive, which stops the app from playing anything, it then glitches to where it won’t play anything and then I’m forced to close out of the app and go through the whole process over again. But I really do love the opportunity to play along and make sure I’m doing everything correctly for ✨free✨ even with one of my old books from 7years ago 🤯
Overall not great, but I’d rather have it than nothing at all.

App constantly crashes and freezes. Couldn’t go more than a minute without it crashing. I have to close it, reopen it, and log in, even though I checked off “keep me logged in.” This completely interrupts practice. The app won’t play on my external speaker and my phone speaker isn’t loud enough. Even if it did work, it’s hard to navigate. There’s no option to go back to the old way of downloading the songs from the website as music files so you can just play them or load them into an app that actually works. This is such a mess. It’s unusable. We can’t complete the assignments from the music teacher because we can’t get this app to work long enough.

This app sounds great, but works terribly. It would be really helpful to play along with an accompaniment, if it actually worked. Whenever I try to start it, it either doesn’t start, or highlights the whole page. I have to log on every time I open the app, and I cannot save my password. This app is very annoying. It took me 45 minutes to get 20 minutes of actual practice time in. It loads very slow, and sometimes randomly switches songs while I’m playing. My younger sister has this app on a different device and she cannot log her practice time, and she does exactly what I do when I can. This app is very buggy and needs to be fixed for students using this for distance learning.