diff --git a/packages/tonal/voicings.mjs b/packages/tonal/voicings.mjs
index a99a043b..f93a54d0 100644
--- a/packages/tonal/voicings.mjs
+++ b/packages/tonal/voicings.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2022 Strudel contributors - see <https://github.com/tidalcycles/st
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-import { stack, register } from '@strudel.cycles/core';
+import { stack, register, silence, logger } from '@strudel.cycles/core';
 import { renderVoicing } from './tonleiter.mjs';
 import _voicings from 'chord-voicings';
 import { complex, simple } from './ireal.mjs';
@@ -199,11 +199,15 @@ export const voicing = register('voicing', function (pat) {
       let { dictionary = 'default', chord, anchor, offset, mode, n, octaves, ...rest } = value;
       dictionary =
         typeof dictionary === 'string' ? voicingRegistry[dictionary] : { dictionary, mode: 'below', anchor: 'c5' };
-      let notes = renderVoicing({ ...dictionary, chord, anchor, offset, mode, n, octaves });
-
-      return stack(...notes)
-        .note()
-        .set(rest); // rest does not include voicing controls anymore!
+      try {
+        let notes = renderVoicing({ ...dictionary, chord, anchor, offset, mode, n, octaves });
+        return stack(...notes)
+          .note()
+          .set(rest); // rest does not include voicing controls anymore!
+      } catch (err) {
+        logger(`[voicing]: unknown chord "${chord}"`);
+        return silence;
+      }
     })
     .outerJoin();
 });