勝手で pitch accent


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.?




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.




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.

