It is a temporary posting to the rank of major without an increase in pay.
The way you would modulate from D major to Bb major would be passing through a D minor chord then modulating to G minor to get to Bb major.
Eb Major
A-flat major.
D flat major :)
C flat Major
I think you mean brevet major general. Brevet implies that he has been promoted to major general temporarily, probably because of wartime circumstances.
when will the results of brevet exams 2009 given?
Marine Corps Brevet Medal was created in 1921.
Brevet is a military term which means a promotion which is not accompanied by a raise in pay.
Thursday afternoon the results of brevet in Lebanon 2010 will be given.
A 'brevet' is a temporary military position,usually appointing an officer to a rank where a more senior officer is away for a month or two.
Brevet
He was a Brevet Major General of Volunteers in the US Army, served and was wounded in the Battle of South Mountain.
George T. Fleming has written: 'My high school days' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Biography, Central High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.), History 'Life and letters of Alexander Hays, brevet colonel United States army, brigadier general and brevet major general United States volunteers'
In US, this is a "brevet" promotion
A military brevet, which is a warrant to authorize a commissioned officer to temporarily hold a higher rank, is not currently used in the military. It was used when they did not have the appropriately ranked officers to perform certain jobs.
Impossible to answer without a detailed description.