When eight musicians play together, they are typically referred to as an "octet." This term is commonly used in Classical Music to describe a group of eight performers, often performing a specific composition written for that number of musicians. In various genres, such as jazz or contemporary music, the term can also apply to any ensemble of eight players.
I think you meant 'when' so this question is in the wrong category... But when four musicians play together its called a quartet.!
a group of musicians that play together
Guitarists and/or musicians
Nothing
a band, or an orchestra. it depends on what the musicians play.
A number of musicians who play rock music together.
Making up what you play as you play it is called improvisation.
That is called a rest.
Musicians. Oboes figure in the stage direction of eight of Shakespeare's plays. There is no direction of who is to play them, but presumably it was the company's musicians who did so.
The technical definition of four musicians playing or singing together is a quartet. However, the term is not always used for four musicians playing together; for example, most people do not usually think of The Beatles as a quartet.
The technical definition of four musicians playing or singing together is a quartet. However, the term is not always used for four musicians playing together; for example, most people do not usually think of the Beatles as a quartet.
The standard collective noun for 'musicians' is an orchestra of musicians, no matter how many make up the orchestra.A general word a group of nine (people or things) is a nonet, making your group a nonet of musicians.