Traditional often refers to old or ancient ways versus modern relating to our own time period and circumstances. In the Arts, something that is thousands of years old may be just old and outdated, or it might mean it has 'stood the test of time', that all through the ages, nothing has ever been invented better. Certain techniques worked in the past because of the core principles they utilized and, therefore will work well now, in our times and circumstances, if we can be taught the same methods. When we understand why and how things worked in the past, we can have all their strengths for the future.