Scales scales scales scales scales
Ferenz Liszt, btw, referred to scales as the top tier of technical mastery. Yeah, we know that. No wonder, if you really want them well-phrased, or extremely even, or aggressive or anything.
There's pretty much no same scale for me, so I don't practice them in C or D or E - I just take whatever quote I need to get done and then I get to work. There's a catch - the work is kind of endless, especially concerning the 3-finger technique as it is something not commonly usual - might get so in the future, but for now - still pretty elite.
But that's not why I chose that way of playing. See, every combination brings articulation and micro-phrasing, and sometimes it is way better to go two. And sometimes it's the 3 that propel you forward, enhancing that rotative motion and increasing velocity. Careful on the turns though - it might turn into a drift, so synchronicity is key. Liszt had many fingerings for different purposes, including all 5 fingers for wind-fast passages that required this very rapid swish (Think Chasse-Neige from his Transcendental Etudes - no.12)

Anyway, should be way faster than what I have now, so in a year or two - maybe. Yeah, it's Rodrigo''s prelude n.2.
The problem in this piece is that the tempo of the starting theme (in the equivalent to my personal scale speed cap) would be insufficient characteristically. Otherwise, I don't think I would be just sitting and spending my time on practicing those scales. So, I'm looking for breakpoints where it will all crack open. Don't feel like slowing down a whole episode compared to the initial tempo. A good workout.
Forgot that there are more bothersome passages with double notes - will take that into further work.
What I like about these videos is the feeling that I'm clearly doing something insufficient.

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