Hi Mike, sorry for the delay.
That sounds great. I also find that when I do fast gallops that my fingers want to hang loose as well. There's nothing wrong with that at all. I'm also of the belief that you don't have to have the exact same finger off/finger on positions for every single technique. Whatever enables you to get the different jobs done is the answer !
However, I don't think it would take you long to apply the same 'fingers loose' approach to basic chord riffing as either way you're still not putting the fingers themselves on the guitar, so there's not much difference in your actual hand position at all. You're not 'anchoring' your hand to the guitar body so there isn't much of an adjustment to make. Keep going with your gallop approach and you might find that it gradually seeps its way into your general playing if it allows you much better precision and control
Whatever way it goes, it sounds cool to me and there's nothing wrong with it.
P.S. When I say about letting my fingers hand loose I do literally mean 'loose', not stiffly bunched up together and out straight like Kirk Hammet for example. Whenever I've tried that to see what it feels like, it feels totally unnatural to me and it feels as if it would slow me down.. so don't stretch your fingers out straight, just let them hang
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This post has been edited by Ben Higgins: Feb 16 2012, 07:46 PM