Shiva loves Damru…unfortunately it is not used in musical compositions where one needs variations of beats after beats. But, the sound of Damru is the sound of Omkara.

Amazing thing about Damru is, it gives one beat at a time, the chords at both ends strike at the same time, and how many times you play it, it gives same beat every-time, no variations; yet, its sound can go high and low but sound goes in the same beat.

Actually, the beat of Damru symbolizes the sound of Aum, the all pervading sound, which also has the only one beat without any variations, that is existing since the infinity. When Shiva plays Damru, he playes Omkara, and when he dances with it, he is called Natraja.