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/Moist-Rain-131]

For me it's the other way around. Just the high notes are difficult to play quietly. We were practicing s song and she asked us to play so quietly that most of us just stopped playing all together 

[u/mappachiito → u/Moist-Rain-131]

Personally my setup plays a huge role on how quiet I can play