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The lower limit, speaking generally, is for most persons 16 vibrations, and the highest 38000 vibrations a second, according to Helmholtz, hence the entire range of the human ear would be fully 11 octaves; but the practical range of musical sounds is within 40 and 4000 vibrations a second i.e., about 7 octaves and, as is well known, even this range is beyond the appreciation of most persons, though as to this much depends on cultivation attention to the subject extending over a considerable period of time.
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