Yeah, what he said. (Arthur P)

Some other things...

Aluminums - yes many options, but be patient in your selection. Making a decision based only on a modern compound arrow selection chart is sometimes rather confusing, as most of the chart recommendations are way over-spined. I have found that selecting the Legacy shaft on the Easton chart is pretty darn close. With aluminums, you have more options in the weight category by selecting the right combination of wall thickness and diameter.

Woods - depends on what you want out of an arrow. Cedar and Spruce are at the lighter end and less durable. Ramin, Firs, Birch, Maple are at the heavier end and very rugged. Wood shafting weight is dependent upon the spine rating and type of wood. From experience, I know Cedar is ~14 grains per inch at 60-64# spine. I would suspect the heavys are at least 16 and up. The higher the spine rating, the heavier the shaft. Generally, recurves tend to shoot a good arrow when it is at least 5# more spine than the poundage you are shooting. You can go more over-spine compared to under-spine. Things start happening when you get to the "equal to/less than" spine area, but it takes an extremely over-spined arrow before flight characteristics are affected. I'm not talking about trajectory here, more like flying left/right at under-spine and in my experience, a wobbling affect when extremely over-spined.

Terminology -

Brace Heigth - sometimes referred to as Fistmele
Stacking - sometimes erroneously equated to "getting older, can't pull it" hehe
Gapping/Point of Aim - using the point of arrow in relation to the target to "aim"
Instinctive - using hand/eye coordination, pointing bow hand at target, with both eyes open and focusing on spot to hit. Kind of like throwing a baseball... maybe not the best analogy and a rather vague description, I know.
The 'Squat' - in reference to a shooting position used by some 'traditionalists' where knees/waist are bent to a rather extreme position. Careful, some take this terminology quite personally, especially when you ask them if they need a roll of toilet paper. []
Stump Shooting or Roving - a method of practicing the memorization of distances by shooting at random inanimate objects afield... preferrable NOT stumps, the non-decaying ones at least.
FPS - Fickle People Shooting... errr, I mean those that are so focused on speed, they tend to lose sight of the most important thing which is good, consistent arrow flight.
Traditional - whether it is in regard to the mind-set or the equipment and related accessories... for me, it's a more intimate feeling because the results that my recurve give me are in direct relation to MY input of the principles of making a bow shoot well and not that of some new-fangled gadget, widget, or whatever that is purported to "fix" or "increase" my bow's performance. Oops, sorry... that's for the other thread... ('traditional attitude/elitist/compound vs traditional') [>:]

There are many good reading sources out there that can have you up and running on 'traditional' terminology rather quickly. Have fun!