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I have always heard 勝手 and 勝手に pronounced as 平板. When preceded by another noun
forming a compound 勝手 does seem to become 頭高, but I have recently come across
勝手で, standalone, pronounced as 頭高. Did I hear it right?
[(1)](https://youtu.be/cdzAZ4rYT3U?t=230),
[(2)](https://youtu.be/KGdtewmeWkg?t=177), [(3)](https://youtu.be/imLcz7TE3fc)
平板 also seems to be common for 勝手で. Does the 平板 pronunciation apply only to
勝手で? What about 勝手に, 勝手な, etc.?
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勝手で pitch accent
Everything you linked is pronounced heiban, so you heard it wrong all three
times. And re: your further question, 勝手 is always heiban.

Maybe try using this [word + particle perception
test](https://kotu.io/tests/pitchAccent/perception/words?mode=mora&particlesOnly=true)
to improve your ability to differentiate heiban and odaka.
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