T-Block. Basic fingerings?

[musicmandan]

Before I develope any bad habits, I have a question about fingerings. If I am playing a 3rd inversion A major7 chord (or similar), instead of using thumb (G#), first (A) third (C#) and pinky for E, why not switch the thumb and first? To me it feels more natural to have my two short fingers on the white keys and reach the black keys with my longer fingers. This does reduce the curved fingers that is stressed by teachers, but to me it feels better. Useful modification or bad technique?

[T-Block]

You can use whatever fingerings that are comfortable to you.  I honestly think that technique for that specific chord is cool.  That is probably what I would do to.

[B3Wannabe]

I'm with TBlock, when he says use the fingering that's comfortable for you, but I generally use 1-3-5 or 1-2-4-5 for most of my chords....

The exceptions come when you're moving fast between chords, then your fingers may improvise a little, to minimize movement of your hands. In those cases, I'll sometimes use 1-2-4 or 1-2-3, rarely 2-3-5. These are for standard chords. I almost always use 1-2-3-5 for the chord you stated.