The melos yields the mode

• melos: (Music Theory) he succession of musical tones constituting a melody.

• mode: (Music Theory) a type of scale, coupled with a set of characteristic melodic behaviors. Greek modes include Lydian, Dorian, Phrygian, etc., all with differently constructed scales.

• melos yields the mode: with the usual FW ambiguity, either it is the origin of the mode, or it is determined (yields to) the mode