Musical pitch perception spans roughly 30 Hz to 4 kHz.

Evidence

The frequency range of pitch perception has been studied by testing where musical melodies are still recognized correctly. The range covers repetition frequencies from about 30 Hz (Pressnitzer et al., 2001) to 4 kHz (Plack, 2013). At lower frequencies, vibration is still perceived, but the musical tone is no longer recognized. At frequencies above 4 kHz the perception of pitch is also weak. A musical melody at these frequencies may just sound peculiar. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1083

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to the Mel-scale and auditory filterbank material from earlier Psychoacoustic chapters in this same book. — connects to: Musical instrument range stays below the auditory pitch-perception ceiling; Human pitch sense spans 0 to roughly 5000 Hz, distinct from partial perception; Pitch correlates with frequency but is also slightly level-dependent (+1 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1083

Broader Connections

• About 1,400 audibly distinct pitches exist within the human hearing range #expands (0.80)
• Pitch correlates with frequency but is also slightly level-dependent #expands (0.75)