Yes, I would certainly agree with you that the standard i.e., conventional fingering for A-flat major scale with the RH thumb on C and F and the LH thumb on C and G is very comfortable. I wonder if the referral to "standard fingering" was to the standard of 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, ...
That’s why we can’t just use basic fingering for every scale on the piano, but that doesn’t mean these other scales have to be difficult! Scales that use all 5 black keys (B, F-sharp/G-flat, and C-sharp/D-flat major) have their own predictable patterns:...
either alone or as the root note for a desired scale or chord. For each of the notes designated by the switches, means are provided to activate a sub-display showing all of the possible fingering positions for that note. If
I suggest some hesitation in defining the instrument by a single set of fingerings. Boehm and Albert system clarinets are even more different from one another than are the so-called "baroque" and "german" recorder fingerings. Further, the historical evidence for recorders, in both surviving ins...