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Any major, minor, or melodic minor scale will do really.
Check out Rafael Cortes in this picado demo video.
Great demonstration of great economy and efficiency. Practice speedbursts = Set your metronome at midrange, say 120bpm, and practice quarter notes, quarter note triplets, eighth notes, eighth notes triplets etc... Start out playing mostly quarter notes, and bursting up to a few eighth notes, then back, mix them all up, etc etc.. Make sure you're always getting a good tone, with plenty of punch on every note. Dont try to cheat, it wont work! hahah
and look at the repetoire your playing to and take examples - i.e if your playing panaderos flamencos , take out the scales and write them on another bit of paper (stops the temptation to play other sections ,
this way you are looking just at the scale runs , then practice with staccato, and various speeds with the metronome , make sure all examples are memorized.
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