Scrolling lags in folder with many subfolders

My problem is that since upgrading to Yosemite, navigating large folders is extremely sluggish. Dragging one file from one folder to another used to lag for up to several seconds, but I fixed that particular problem, for the most part, by clearing Finder's cache. However, scrolling in any folder with approximately a hundred items in it or more still hangs. I tried playing with the scrollbar visibility but that didn't solve anything. Is there any way to fix this so I can scroll quickly and smoothly through large folders? Thanks.

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Leave the first line set to Kind is Any.
Option-click the + button
Set it to "None" of the following are true
In the first line of that criteria, set it to Kind is Music All
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