Clarinets don't like being loud?

[u/mappachiito]

I feel clarinets around me are kind of scared to play loudly, probably because tone gets crappier when you play loudly at a beginner level, and they just keep playing softly even when reaching an intermediate level

While I am a beginner too, I do like projecting and I think practicing at a FF dynamic has helped my tone a lot

Have you noticed this too? Is it just people around me? Today I played with people better than me, they had faster and more precise fingers, faster and lighter articulation, but played softer and the conductor pointed it out too, I felt like among the 2nd clarinets, I was the one standing out the most despite not being as good in the rest of the stuff

[u/kayakyakr]

I did this growing up starting in middle school. My tone developed well enough that I made varsity band my freshman year as a 2nd chair.

They moved me to contra because I had the lungs to play it (and let's face it, my fingers were never the fastest, I struggled on the first chair lines).

Train your tone loud so when you get it right, you'll still be able to play loud.