Hi there. I hope you've enjoyed using my "flute for the semi-beginner." At this at this point I'm going to have an opportunity here to teach you about something that is not in your book.  And what that is is three things- three ways to play. One is called staccato, one is called legato and one is called "wrong."  It's not easy to know how to play like this unless you hear it, so you going to get the opportunity to hear them right now. Now, the word staccato means to play short sounding. You would only play staccato if there were printed above every note, a dot. That dot means to play staccato or short. If you don't see any dots above or below the note that means it is to be played "legato"  Now, if you don't have a dot above and you are playing legato, you could be playing wrong.

Okay, I'm going to play "Jingle Bells", a very familiar melody three ways: Staccato(short)  Legato (correct, traditional way)  and wrong.

When I'm done try to think about what each sounded like. Staccato is played first.

Legato is played second.

The third way is wrong. 

When I played staccato I blew into the flute with this sound  "tut, tut, tut"

The air is cut off with the tongue.

When I played legato I blew into the flute with this sound "too, too, too"

In legato the air is cut off only a little.

When I played wrong I took a breath for every note.

Because I did this I couldn't hold notes out for very long.