Q: You say to get better at the piano one should spend more time with it, but I'm really interested in playing chords, and naming them, is there any strategy you use when remembering how to name them?
A: i've just been familiar with them for so long i don't have a strategy. but i will teach you one to get you started, forgive me if you already know this one, and if you do i will tell you the next one. but the chord is called C major, or just "C" for short. and it is when you play the notes C, E, and G, at the same time, somewhere in the middle range of the keyboard (it doesn't count if you play all 3 notes in the bass range, that is just called mud. if there are any notes in the bass range it should be just 1 and it should be the C note.)  so again this is called C major, or "C" for short. if middle C is on the bottom, that's fine. if middle C is in the middle, with G under it and E above it, that is fine (there might also be C in the bass range as well). it might be middle C on top, with G and E right under it (that is probably about as low as you might go for the C chord). it could be higher, with E330(hz) then G and C above it. all these combinations are still called C, or C major. (C as a chord automatically means C major.) I hope that is enough to get you started, forgive me if you already knew all that. if you want to know more i will tell you