Taepyeongso

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<tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Hanja:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid;">太平簫</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">McCune-Reischauer:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid;">Taepyŏngso</td></tr> <tr><td align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid">Revised Romanization:</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid;">Taepyeongso</td></tr>

Chosŏn'gŭl:	태평소

|s |south |rok |sk | #default = The taepyeongso (태평소, lit. "big peace wind instrument"; also called hojok, hojeok, or nallari) is a Korean double reed wind instrument in the shawm or oboe family. It generally has a conical wooden body with a metal mouthpiece and bell, although some are made entirely of metal.

The loud and piercing sound it produces has kept it confined mostly to Korean folk music (especially "farmer's band music") and to marching bands. It is, however, also used in the court genre known as Jongmyo Jeryeak (Royal Ancestral Shrine music).

It was probably derived from a Chinese instrument like the suona. It came to Korea from China during the Goryeo period.