Can showing someone how to play songs be considered teaching?

If you want to consider it that, then yes.

My teacher seems to think so. But it's fine, because if I have a question about the chord progression in a song, or other theory-related questions, he answers them.
It's really good to learn technique and theory about songwriting through learning songs.

But I guess you need to be an independent player, who wants to improve himself too, instead of entirely depending on a teacher.
But I do think it can be considered teaching.

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I teach the guitar - I'll give you my perspective.
If somebody is learning a song, they can read the music/tab for the song, they know which fingers go where, but they want to go through it with you sitting there listening - well, that's not teaching, that's support and encouragement. On the other hand if they can read the music/tab but are not sure which fingers to use in some places, or how to do a slide/bend/palm mute etc. as recommended in the song, then you are teaching them how to do it.
I give alot of lessons where the student wants to review what they've been working on to make sure they have got it right. I always tell them that lessons are for learning something new - but it doesn't always work out that way.
Being a guitar teacher is a bit like being a personal fitness coach, especially with beginners. It's as much to do with support and encouragement as it is with teaching technique and theory...

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This is kind of the boat I'm in........I don't teach the notes or phrasing but am relied on to demonstrate the "technique" if you will. So......am I a teacher?

Yes, because it would be much harder to find something like that on the internet. Tabs are pretty common but techinque isn't.

Let me ask you a question. Say you have someone who has never done something and you just have them read how to do it, are they going to do it correctly the first time? Now have another person read how to do the same task but show them as well, is the second person going to know a little more as to how to do it correctly the first time? In my experiences you have to teach and demonstrate in order for the student to understand the task they are going to do. So yes you can show someone how to do something and it is considered a teaching method.

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I would call it teaching but i'd prefer to be taught a scale or something